Explore a critical period of colonialism and global STEM history
AM’s new resource brings together unique primary sources from The National Archives, UK and the British Film Institute (BFI) to support interdisciplinary research into a pivotal period of history for public health and medical advancement.
Covering an extensive number of diseases synonymous with epidemics and pandemics that have shaped modern history, researchers of all levels can examine the intersectionality of STEM history and colonial administration across methods of disease transmission that impacted individuals, communities, and countries throughout the British Empire.
Research support is provided by commissioned essays highlighting key contextual information encouraging users, sometimes unfamiliar with historical material, to read against the grain and critically analyse sources. Usability is complemented by interactive elements such as a map and timeline tool offering another starting point for analysis of outbreaks of infectious diseases.
The resource includes a broad range of material such as correspondence, official reports, diagrams, photographs and film footage so researchers across a range of disciplines can explore developments in disease prevention, outbreak management, sanitation and public welfare. This wealth of material, coupled with AM’s discoverability and accessibility tools, will allow researchers to examine and explore this area of STEM history and colonial administration within the British Empire and across the globe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries like never before.
Through these materials, users can view colonialism through an alternative lens and see how governments and societies adapted to these public health crises, shaping modern approaches to disease control and prevention.
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