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Eighteenth century collections online

Eighteenth Century Collections Online is the most ambitious single digitization project ever undertaken. It delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.

http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm

Eighteenth Century Collections Online is divided into seven subject areas:

History and Geography — Explore ancient and contemporary times, voyages and discoveries, biographies and memoirs, genealogical collections, gazetteers, church antiquities and tourist guides of Britain. Topics include chronologies, recreation, military, maps and topography. This collection presents a comprehensive picture of the American Revolution from the British perspective

Social Science and Fine Arts — Social Science takes a look into manufacturers and merchants, artisans and skilled workers, international business, banking, taxation and lotteries. Topics include current events, social reform, business/economics/finance and political science. Fine Arts reviews music, painting, theater and architecture, building and carpentry, vocal and instrumental music, paintings, prints drawings, coins and metals, collectibles and private art collections

Medicine, Science and Technology — Science, applied science and technology, treatment of diseases and conditions. Topics include agriculture, cookbooks, military technology, natural philosophy, scientific education and more

Literature and Language — Celebrated eighteenth-century essayists, novelists, poets and playwrights — including Shakespeare's plays, poems and collected works. Topics include drama, poetry, ballads, religion, grammar, dictionaries, songs from plays, satire, book catalogues and more

Religion and Philosophy — From sermons, bibles and prayer books to moral and ethical debates and prescriptions for proper conduct

Law — Development of law in the British Empire. Topics include acts, criminal and international law, appellants' cases and more

Reference — Ephemeral material on the whole of life during the century. Topics include almanacs, catalogues and more

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