History of Trade: Home

Will only work on campus and until Oct. 20. Provides images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth.

This resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years.

Provides online access to a complete facsimile run of the Financial Times from 1888 to 2010.

This database is a unique online archive of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)’s quarterly country reports, from their beginning in 1952 up to 1995. The reports combine detailed statistical information with expert commentary and analysis from the EIU’s analysts, providing high quality summaries of political, economic and commercial developments in almost 200 countries.

Annual reports of over 800 companies from the mid-19th century to the present.

More suggestions for 20th century U.S. Newspapers.

Includes magazines of political commentary such as the Nation, the New Republic, National Review and Commentary.

"Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. When complete, the product will allow full-text searching of, in essence, every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom."

Enormous database of works published in the United States prior to 1819.

Lists materials in the Penn libraries. Includes records for books, ebooks, videos, journal titles, journal articles, and more.

Database covering scholarly literature about all aspects of history.