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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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.
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
Catalogue
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Report by Mr. Arthur Pickels on visit to the Amazon River, Panama, Cuba, &, for the purpose of investigating yellow fever and malaria.
Pickels, Arthur.Date: 1911- Journals
Annual report on Northern Rhodesia / Colonial Office.
Date: 1948-- Journals
Annual report on Brunei / Colonial Office.
Date: 1948-1953- Books
Descriptions of the new mosquitoes collected by Dr. Graham in Ashanti / by Fred V. Theobald.
Theobald, Frederick. V. (Frederick Vincent), 1868-1930.Date: 1909- Journals
Annual report on Nyasaland / Colonial Office.
Date: 1947-