HarpWeek Database Description
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Description:
The HARPWEEK database contains all the pages of
Harper's Weekly
for the Civil War Era and Reconstruction
(1857-1912) as scanned
images, together with a series of indexes.
HARPWEEK provides information on domestic and foreign news,
editorials, and people during the Civil War era. Users can track
the major political, social and military stories of the day, along
with the editorial comment, humor, literature and even gossip that
related to them.
Coverage:
- Indexing: 1857-1912
- Full Text: 1857-1912
Information Type:
- Citations? No
- Abstracts? No
- Full-Text? Yes
Update Frequency: Varies
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