The following 3 online collections are on trial through 4/24/10:
Everyday Life and Women in America, c.1800-1920 [Feedback]
“This collection documents in compelling detail the social and cultural forces that shaped the everyday lives of Americans from 1800 to 1920” [more info]
“The Grand Tour includes the travel writings and works of some of Britain’s greatest artists, writers and thinkers, revealing how interaction with European culture shaped their creative and intellectual sensibilities. It also includes many writings by forgotten or anonymous travellers, including many women, whose daily experiences offer a vivid insight into the experience and practicalities of travel over the centuries.” [more info]
Victorian Popular Culture [Feedback]
“Victorian Popular Culture welcome readers into the darkened halls, small backrooms and travelling venues that hosted everything from spectacular shows and bawdy burlesque, to magic and spiritualist séances. [It] contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, and shows how interconnected these worlds were.” [more info]