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Foreign government information

A guide to major print and electronic foreign government information prepared by Sam-chin Li, University of Toronto Libraries.

Asia

The Current Digest of the Russian Press Archive (1949-current)
- includes translations of a selection of Russian-language articles from the Soviet/Russian press, government documents, and special interest journals
- Coverage includes significant speeches by Soviet leaders; Party congress meetings; five-year plans and reports; Soviet diplomacy and foreign relations; and important laws, treaties and foreign-policy developments
China from Empire to Republic: Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China 1854-1949
- primary source collection from the Maritime Customs Service of China that covers relations between China and the Imperial West in the late Qing and Republican periods
Digital South Asia Library
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records

Europe

Legal Research Guide: Sweden (Library of Congress)
Actes royaux français, 1256-1794 (French Royal Acts, 1256-1794)
- Collection documents the financial and political administration of France, along with other aspects of French life, from the second half of the 13th century to the 18th century.
- The collection covers the following themes: tax affairs at the Chamber of Accounts, taxation and tariffs of goods, collection of tolls, criminal justice (mainly from 1720), military and administration, book printing and prohibitions, royal orders, among many more.
- Of interest to scholars in French history, economics, French studies, Monarchy history, and political history.

Latin America and Caribbean

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
dLoc: Digital Llibrary of the Caribbean
Latin American Pamphlet Digital Collection
The World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin america and the Caribbean (OECD)
Statitistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)
- 1988+
Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean (OECD)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Declassified projects on human rights abuses (FOIA, U.S. Department of State)
- Chile Declassification Project: 1968-1991
  - Contains documents on human rights abuses, terrorism, and other acts of political violence during the Pinochet era in Chile
- Argentina Declassification Project: 1975-1983
- El Salvador Declassification project: 1979-1991
- Guatemala Declassification Project:1984-1995

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