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Useful Titles
- Survey of London (British History Online)Detailed studies of London's architecture and topography; each volume is devoted to a specific area of London and includes information on places of entertainment (esp. the history of the institution and building). Smith owns two of the volumes in paper copy; UMass has the whole series in paper copy:
DA 675 .S87 - The Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden (Survey of London, v. 36)Call Number: Hillyer DA 675 .J6 36 (restricted circulation)
- The Museums Area of South Kensington and Westminster (Survey of London, v. 38)Call Number: Hillyer DA 675 .J6 38 (restricted circulation)
- The Development of the English PlayhouseCall Number: Josten Folio NA 6840.G7 L4Includes drawings of interior and exterior of theaters.
Encyclopedias
Use
scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries, such as those below, for an
overview of your topic, definitions, a list of suggested readings, and
(sometimes) a lead on related primary source material.
- Encyclopedia of European Social History - 6 vols.Call Number: ref HN 373 .E63 2001
- London EncyclopaediaCall Number: ref DA 679 .L78 1991
- Reader's Guide to British History - 2 vols.Call Number: ref DA 34 .R43 2003
- Victorian Britain: An EncyclopediaCall Number: ref DA 550 .V53 1988
- Oxford Companion to the Romantic Age: British culture, 1776-1832Call Number: ref PR 447 .O93 1999
- International Dictionary of Ballet - 2 vols.Call Number: Josten ref GV 1585 .I57 1993
- International Encyclopedia of Dance. - 6 vols.Call Number: Josten ref GV 1585 .I586 1998
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre & Performance - 2 vols.Call Number: Josten ref PN 2035 .O94 2003
- Oxford Dictionary of National BiographyCall Number: ref DA 28 .O95 2004A "must search" for biographical information and leads on primary/secondary sources
- Women in World History (17 vols.)Call Number: ref HQ 1115 .W6 1999
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