Stories
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The secret lives of Britain’s first Black physicians
Dr Annabel Sowemimo explores the web of connections between early Black British doctors, the role of empire in West Africa and the pernicious reach of scientific racism.
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The colonist who faced the blue terror
India, 1857. In a British enclave, Katherine Bartrum watches her friend, and then her family, succumb to the deadly cholera.
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When the sun goes down
Despite the country’s colonial and industrial dominion, the finest minds of Victorian Britain began to fear the devastating effects of declining natural resources. Even the death of the sun.
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Eugenics and the welfare state
Indy Bhullar explores the ideas of William Beveridge and Richard Titmuss, who were strongly influenced by eugenic thinking, and yet championed the idea of the welfare state.
Catalogue
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXXII. Reports on visits paid by the Labour Colonies Committee to certain institutions in Holland, Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1910- Books
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Report of Royal Commission upon the Administration and Operation of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Contagious Diseases Acts.Date: 1871- Archives and manuscripts
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FPIS leaflet allocation system papers
Date: 1989 - 1990Reference: SA/FPA/C/G/1/3/11Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
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Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. Appendix.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1909-1913- Books
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Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. : Appendix Volume XXVI. Documents relating more especially to the administration of charities.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress.Date: 1910