Jensen's Scholars' Guide to Humanities & Social Sciences: History, Political Science, Sociology, Area Studies; ; demography religion on-line books January 2004

SCHOLARS' GUIDE TO WWW

January 2004 2004 #2004.1
by
Richard Jensen

Professor Emeritus of History, U of Illinois-Chicago

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    1. Search the WWW
      1. GOOGLE recommended as best of the search engines; caches items that others have been erased
      2. YAHOO: Yahoo is a good starting point for every popular and academic topic under the sun, worldwide. It adds 1000+ sites every day
      3. America: History and Life Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles from ABC-CLIO; 1950-present; campus subscription required (check with Librarian) recommended some of the journals are available online in JSTOR or Project MUSE
      4. Historical Abstracts Abstracts of 400,000+ history articles from ABC-CLIO; campus subscription required (check with Librarian) recommended some of the journals are available online in JSTOR or Project MUSE
      5. Ingenta search (or purchase) scholarly articles recommended
      6. Infotrac Searchable index and (often) full text of scholarly journals; campus subscription required
      7. JSTOR complete text online of all articles; also includes major journals in political science, economics, demography; free access if your school subscribes. List of JSTOR schools
        recommended American Historical Review 1895-1996 recent issues online at History Cooperative; American Quarterly 1949-1995; Eighteenth-Century Studies 1967-1995; Journal of American History 1964-1996; recent issues online at History Cooperative; Mississippi Valley Historical Review 1914-1964; Journal of Economic History 1941-1996; Journal of Military History 1989-1998; Military Affairs 1937-1988; Journal of Modern History 1929-1999; Journal of Negro History 1916-1998; Journal of Southern History 1935-1996; Journal of the History of Ideas 1940-1995; Renaissance Quarterly 1948-1998; Reviews in American History 1973-1994; Speculum 1926-1996 [Medieval]; Studies in the Renaissance 1954-1974; William and Mary Quarterly 1892-1996; also American Journal of Political Science 1973-2000; Midwest Journal of Political Science 1957-1972; American Political Science Review 1906-1998; International Organization 1947-1996; Journal of Politics 1939-1998; Political Science Quarterly 1886-1997 Journal of Political Economy 1892-2000; Quarterly Journal of Economics 1886-1996; Journal of Economic Literature 1969-1998; Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 1936-1996; Journal of Asian Studies 1956-1998; Far Eastern Quarterly 1941-1956; Monumenta Nipponica 1938-1996; Pacific Affairs 1928-1997;
      8. For these journals, recent years are online in project Muse see Librarian; (they can be browsed but not searched) American Jewish History; American Quarterly; Bulletin of the History of Medicine; Civil War History; French Historical Studies Hispanic American Historical Review; Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History; Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies; Journal of Policy History; Journal of Social History; Journal of the History of Ideas; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Journal of Women's History; Journal of World History; Radical History Review; Reviews in American History; Social Science History; Victorian Studies recent issues of these journals are online at History Cooperative American Historical Review; Journal of American History; History Teacher; Law and History Review; Western Historical Quarterly; William and Mary Quarterly
      9. Dissertations International search last two years of PhD dissertation abstracts; option to purchase for $32 each; backlist available through campus library
      10. pronunciation guide to names & places
      11. Guide to citing WWW sources
      12. Encyclopedia Britannica complete text of monumental 11th edition (1910); excellent source for all topics as of that date
      13. Voice of the Shuttle Large guide to humanities resources, from Alan Liu, UC Santa Barbara
      14. H-Net 100 scholarly discussion lists in humanities and social sciences;
        searchable logs; H-Net now has over 70,000 subscribers

    2. Area/Ethnic Studies
      1. Postcolonial studies
      2. Africa
      3. African Studies Assoc from U Pennsylvania
      4. 'A-Z of African Studies
      5. Teaching about Africa
      6. Africa south of the Sahara from Stanford
      7. Timeline and links
      8. colonial atlas
      9. American
      10. Theory & Method in American/cultural studies by T. V. Reed; good guide to scholarship Studies from Georgetown U. Crossroads Project
      11. Asia
      12. Regional
      13. Syllabi in East Asian Studies
      14. Asian studies from Coombs@Australian National University
      15. Digital Asia comprehensive collection of links
      16. Asian History links
      17. Harvard-Yenching Library/ Asian Studies
      18. East Asian Language and Thought strong on religion
      19. Afghanpedia encyclopedia of Afghanistan
      20. China
      21. WWW-VL Guide from Heidelberg U.
      22. Timelines
      23. Classical Historiography by Benjamin Elman recommended
      24. History from U California-- San Diego
      25. The Civilization of China popular study by scholar Herbert A. Giles (1911)
      26. Links
      27. Chinese biographies mostly 20c, by Marilyn Levine
      28. India and South Asia
      29. Links
      30. Timeline
      31. Virtual Library: South Asia: Sarai
      32. Pakistan WWW-VL
      33. Bangladesh WWW-VL
      34. Tibet WWW-VL
      35. India: A Country Study long encyclopedia article from Library of Congress
      36. Digital Buddhist Library and Museum
      37. Religion from American Academy of Religion
      38. Maps
      39. Bibliography
      40. Japan
      41. JGUIDE to Japan from Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center recommended
      42. Timelines
      43. History of Japan by Stefan Schauwecker; in English and German
      44. Samurai Archives on medieval military history and culture; many maps
      45. Maps: 16c
      46. Links
      47. Japanese studies, K-12
      48. Korean History project
      49. History of the Philippine Islands By Dr. Antonio de Morga (1907)
      50. Australian Studies Network
      51. A Short History of Australia by Ernst Scott (1916)
      52. Canada
      53. O Canada basic information
      54. links & sources good starting point
      55. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. short scholarly biographies of Canadians who died before 1921. Recommended
      56. links esp bibliographies
      57. culture
      58. Canada's Digital Collections
      59. Digital Library
      60. Early Canadiana Online 1.3 million pages
      61. Key constitutional documents annotated
      62. Encyclopedia rather thin
      63. Historical Atlas of Canada projects
      64. Canadian Native Studies from U. Alberta
      65. Quebec by Claude Bélanger
      66. Manitoba primary texts, biographies, photos
      67. Saskatchewan history original newspaper stories
      68. Eastern Europe
      69. SSEES East Europe and Slavonic Studies
      70. Russia & East Europe from U. of Pittsburgh
      71. Russian Studies excellent links, from Hokkaido University
      72. Russian history & culture from Bucknell U. recommended
      73. Russian military history esp pre 1815
      74. Peter the Great 1880 biog by Schuyler
      75. Serbia
      76. Western Europe
      77. politics--links
      78. British history mostly pre 1500
      79. H-France guide to resources
      80. French Revolution recommended from George Mason U.
      81. French culture, HAPAX
      82. German Studies from Karlsruhe U.
      83. Documents & primary sources
      84. German History 1879-1945 online text by Colby College professor
      85. German colonial atlas
      86. Irish Studies
      87. Italy history and geography
      88. Latin America
      89. Latin American Studies from U Texas
      90. Latin American History links from U Texas
      91. William R. Shepherd, The Hispanic Nations of the New World (1919) full text of short book by leading scholar
      92. Puerto Rico documents from late 19c and early 20c, from Library of Congress
      93. Middle East
      94. Links
      95. syllabus, maps by David Yaghoubian
      96. Middle East from U Texas
      97. Ancient Near East important archaeology reports from U Chicago Library
      98. Islam
      99. Islam 101 basics
      100. A Dictionary Of Islam: Being A Cyclopaedia Of The Doctrines, Rites, Ceremonies, and Customs, Together with the Technical and Theological Terms, Of The Muhammadan Religion by Thomas Patrick Hughes (1896)
      101. Islam: Empire of Faith from PBS
      102. Islamic world
      103. Islamic religion
      104. early Islamic Studies
      105. Life of Mahomet classic 1861 biography by William Muir
      106. The Caliphate (1924 edition) classic history by William Muir
      107. The Origin Of Islam In Its Christian Environment (1925) By Richard Bell
      108. Judaism And Islam by Abraham Geiger (1896)
      109. Koran older studies by western scholars
      110. Race, multiculturalism links
      111. scholarly essays on roots of 9-11 recommended

    3. Demography, Sociology, Ethnicity
      1. Sociology Links from McMaster U.
      2. Sociology SocioSite links from U Amsterdam
      3. World Population Links by Richard Jensen recommended
      4. Demography & Population Studies The Internet Guide to Demography and Population Studies from Australia recommended
      5. Sociology Timeline from 1600 key dates & texts by Ed Stephan
      6. Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports by Gary Price
      7. US Census
      8. Current data
      9. US Census: includes ICPSR census data on all counties, 1790-1970
      10. US Census reports current data on many topics recommended
      11. Race & Ethnicity Statistics US social & economic data, 1950-1995
      12. Using US Census (1950-1990) for class projects from U. Michigan
      13. Historical Census Data Browser each state and county from 1790 to 1970
      14. US Census of 1850 complete text
      15. Demographic resources an excellent guide from Coombs project in Australia
      16. Demographic statistics OPR at Princeton, with historic data
      17. Population Index abstracts of articles, 1986-1999, searchable and browsable
      18. Essex Social Science Data Archives Leading British data archive, with much historical data
      19. comprehensive guide to social science data archives from UC San Diego
      20. Geographical resources links from Western Connecticut U.
      21. American Ethnic Geography
      22. General Social Survey Annual poll of USA; superb guide to social science citations & abstracts of all studies that used this major data base. The complete GSS can even be downloaded
      23. online crosstabs of survey data from GSS and other great databases, from UC-Berkeley
      24. Maison des Sciences de l'Homme
      25. Survey Research from Princeton
      26. International population data
      27. Soviet/Russian, East European statistics
      28. Social, Economic and Political Change sophisticated review of sociological theories, with good links
      29. African-American
      30. CIS History Universe: Access to African American Studies online access to short scholarly articles; check with campus Library
      31. annotated links from Encyclopedia Britannica
      32. African-American Mosaic Library of Congress collections, texts & photos
      33. biographies from Encyclopedia Britannica
      34. African American Perspectives 19c pamphlets from Library of Congress
      35. A-A newspapers 19th century
      36. Afro-American autobiography 10 curriculum units
      37. History of race by leading historian Eric Foner
      38. Jim Crow
      39. racial stereotypes from Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University
      40. essays
      41. Slavery
      42. Wahl, Jenny B.. "Slavery in the United States." EH.Net Encyclopedia economic history
      43. America's Journey Through Slavery from PBS; recommended
      44. Slave Narratives from U. of North Carolina
      45. Slavery in British America and United States historiography from Dade County schools
      46. Slaves & the courts, 1740-1860 100 books & pamphlets from Library of Congress
      47. Emancipation & Freedmen
      48. Freedom Project documents on Emancipation from 1860s
      49. Harper's Weekly original reports on Black America, 1857-1874
      50. "First Plans for Emancipation," by Nicolay and Hay (1889):
      51. "Emancipation Announced," by Nicolay and Hay (1889)
      52. "The Edicts of Freedom," by Nicolay and Hay (1889)
      53. "The XIIIth Amendment, by Nicolay and Hay (1889)
        54.
      54. Booker T Washington & His era
      55. Booker T Washington Era major site from Library of Congress
      56. Booker T Washington Papers complete text of major multivolume collection; searchable; recommended
      57. Up From Slavery BTW's famous autobiography
      58. W.E.B. DuBois
      59. bio & texts
      60. bio
      61. Ohio documents
      62. religious conditions among Negroes from standard 1908 Protestant encyclopedia
      63. Ulysses Lee, The Employment of Negro Troops (1963), excellent official US Army history of WW2; full text recommended
      64. Post WW2
      65. Martin Luther King project  at Stanford
      66. Papers of MLK complete texts (through 1958) recommended
        67.
      67. civil rights links
      68. The Brown Decision, 1954 curriculum unit by Henry A. Rhodes
      69. Invisible Man novel by Ralph Ellison
        70.
      70. American Indians
      71. American Indian Resources by Will Karkavelas
      72. Plains Indians historical documents, ethnological reports recommended
      73. articles by James Mooney excellent articles on major tribes by leading ethnoilogist, in Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 recommended
      74. Chinese in America scholarly book
      75. Germans
      76. settlement in Wisconsin
        origins of Wisconsin settlers
      77. Intimate letters of Carl Schurz, 1841-1869
      78. German-Americans in Indianapolis: 1840-1918
      79. Hispanic
      80. Hispanic Heritage
      81. A History of the Mexican-American People by Julian Samora and Patricia Vandel Simon (1977); standard text
      82. Hispanics in US links
        83.
      83. Irish
      84. Irish diaspora (1910)
      85. Famine; migration
      86. Irish in America PBS
      87. Irish emigration to the United States: what it has been, and what it is. 1873 tract to get irish to move to farms
      88. lesson plans & bibliography
      89. Molly Maguires terror in the coal fields
      90. Irish in New York City history museum exhibit
        91.
      91. Italians in USA (1910)
      92. Poles in USA (1911)
      93. Slavs in America (1912)
      94. Scandinavian in USA
      95. Jews
      96. Jewish Encyclopedia major 1906 reference with 15,000 articles; recommended; strong on most aspects, esp. geography
      97. Internet Jewish History Sourcebook many ancient & modern documents; well-edited by Paul Halsall recommended
      98. Jewish Virtual Library
      99. World Jewish Congress
      100. Jews in Europe early 20c
      101. Antisemitism bibliography
      102. Antisemitism brief history (19c Europe)
      103. Dreyfus Case France 1900
      104. Holocaust teaching resources recommended
      105. Holocaust research from Museum of Tolerance
      106. Migration & Ethnicity
      107. links from H-ETHNIC
      108. Ethnicity, migration EDCOMER - the European Documentation Centre and Observatory on Migration and Ethnic Relations
      109. Migration to New World demographic history of major groups, 1500-1700, by Pat Manning
      110. The Making of Ethnic America by Steven Mintz, U. of Houston
      111. Race & Ethnicity Statistics US social & economic data, 1950-1997
      112. American Ethnic Geography

    4. Economics and Business History
      1. EH Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History excellent scholarly essays
      2. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics excellent scholarly essays
      3. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE) libertarian
      4. economics--schools of thought recommended
      5. Business History
      6. business history links international focus; recommended
      7. general guide to resources in business history
      8. American Economic History brief textbook
      9. Business history from Ohio State
      10. Business History large corporations with some historical materials on their website
      11. Labour & Business History esp useful for Marxist links, from The World Wide Web Virtual Library
      12. "Historiography of Business History" useful paper by undergraduate Daryl Williams
      13. "How Much Is That Worth Today?" current & constant dollars & pounds, 1600 to 2000
      14. "Putting 'Capitalism' in Its Place: A Review of Recent Literature," by Michael Merrill in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 2. (Apr., 1995), pp. 315-326. in JSTOR. Historiography of pre-1840 America
      15. Industrial Revolution
      16. Industrial Revolution in America syllabus by Prof Gary Kornblith; includes recommended Powerpoint slide shows
      17. Eli Whitney short interactive bio
      18. Lowell girls textile mill workers
        19.
      19. Mining books
      20. Industrial Revolution: France
      21. Labor
      22. "An Historical Sketch of the Knights of Labor" scholarly article by Carroll D. Wright The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2. (Jan., 1887), pp. 137-168. from JSTOR
      23. lumberjacks 1893
      24. machinists, 1893
      25. sailors 1893
      26. "The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers," by Carroll D. Wright The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. 7, No. 4. (Jul., 1893), pp. 400-432. JSTOR
      27. Chandler, Alfred. The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business (1977) the most influential single book in business history; online through ACLS History E-Book
      28. short review by David Landes
      29. Richard John, "Elaborations, Revisions, Dissents: Alfred D. Chandler's The Visible Hand After Twenty Years" Business History Review, (1997) Vol.71 #2 p.151-200 recommended
      30. Big Business and the Wealth of Nations (1997) review
      31. Railroads
      32. Jensen's Guide to Railroad History recommended links
      33. Railroads as big business fascinating site; U of Houston course by Keith Poole
      34. John Moody, The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States (1919) very good, short book by scholar
      35. links to online resources re specific US roads
      36. Cornelius Vanderbilt & eastern roads
      37. British Railroads from Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
      38. France: 19c
      39. Invention
      40. Holland Thompson The Age of Invention (1920) full text of semipopular, short book by a scholar
      41. Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin, Edison, His Life and Inventions (1910) full text biography
      42. Thomas A. Edison Papers
      43. "Development of Large-Scale Organization: Electrical Manufacturing Around 1900" by Harold C. Passer, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 12 #4. (Autumn, 1952), pp. 378-395. JSTOR
      44. History of computers the MouseSite
      45. Entrepreneurs or Robber Barons?
      46. "Entrepreneurial Leadership Among the "Robber Barons": A Trial Balance," by Chester McArthur Destler, The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 6, Supplement: (May, 1946), pp. 28-49. JSTOR
      47. "American Historians and the Business Elite" by William Miller The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 9, No. 2. (Nov., 1949), pp. 184-208. JSTOR
      48. "The American Business Elite: A Collective Portrait, by C. Wright Mills The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 5, Supplement: (Dec., 1945), pp. 20-44. JSTOR
      49. Burton J. Hendrick, The Age of Big Business (1920) full text history by scholar
      50. "Jackson, Biddle, and the Bank of the United States," by Bray Hammond The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 7, No. 1. (May, 1947), pp. 1-23. JSTOR
      51. Andrew Carnegie, Steel & Philanthropy
      52. Carnegie as entrepreneur recommended
      53. Bio from PBS transcript of program; original documents; teacher's guide
      54. links
      55. Carnegie Libraries
      56. Andrew Carnegie's essays
      57. industrial history of Pittsburgh
      58. John D Rockefeller & Standard Oil
      59. Rockefellers by PBS transcript of program; original documents; teacher's guide
      60. JDR as entrepreneur
      61. Tarbell, History of Standard Oil complete text of influential 1904 Muckraking expose
      62. Development of Large-Scale Organization: The Standard Oil Company" (Exxon) by Ralph W. Hidy, in The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 12, (1952), pp. 411-424. JSTOR
      63. 19c advertising from Harper's Weekly
      64. Archive of Classic Print Ads
      65. "Trusts and Public Policy," by Charles J. Bullock (1901)
      66. US Industry, 1900-1930
      67. Auto Industry, 1920s
      68. Enron, 2002
      69. Labor
      70. Samuel P. Orth The Armies of Labor (1920) full text of semipopular short book by scholar
      71. "The Organization of Labor" 1882 essay by T. V. Powderly, head of Knights of Labor
      72. Homestead Strike by PBS
      73. "The Homestead Strike. I. A Congressional View" 1892 article by William C. Oates
      74. Fredeick Winslow Taylor & efficiency movement
      75. Canadian labour history
      76. Economic History
      77. JSTOR: Journal of Economic History 1941-1996;
      78. Abstracts in Economic History from Cliometrics Society
      79. EH.net Encyclopedia of Business & Economic History new scholarly essays
      80. Book Reviews from EH.net recommended
      81. US economic change 1900 to 1930
      82. NBER Macro-Economic History Database
      83. 20c Record of Inequality and Poverty in the US 1998 paper by Robert D. Plotnick, Eugene Smolensky et al. recommended
      84. The Environment in American History
      85. Economic Thought
      86. Economics annotated guide to resources, from Georgetown
      87. Archive of Economic Thought texts of major and minor economists; from McMaster U. recommended
      88. Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics complete 1903 edition
      89. Thorstein Veblen books and essays
      90. Social, Economic and Political Change sophisticated review of sociological theories, with good links
      91. Economic Data
      92. State of Economy current data & charts
      93. Statistical Abstract of US CD-ROM version also available
      94. Budget & Report of Council of Economic Advisors macroeconomic data for US
      95. Statistical abstracts for US states
      96. Essex Social Science Data Archives Leading British data archive, with much historical data

    5. Education
      1. college & university web pages worldwide
      2. Videos and cd-roms many subject areas
      3. college classes on WWW from World Lecture Hall, U of Texas
      4. Graduate students Only
      5. Education World omnibus site for K-12
      6. Education statistics USA
      7. WEB66 using Internet in K-12; from U Minnesota Ed School
      8. Sociology of distance education
      9. History of Education
      10. History of Education, worldwide many texts; from Netherlands
      11. short 1918 scholarly history of education in US
      12. The History Of Education: Educational Practice And Progress Considered As A Phase Of The Development And Spread Of Western Civilization By Ellwood P. Cubberley (1920) full scale history
      13. Bibliography of American educational history by leading scholar Jurgen Herbst
      14. School Master 1894
      15. child labor cartoons, books, photos from Progressive Era
      16. child labor Hine photographs
        17.

    6. History: General
      1. The Encyclopedia of World History Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Sixth Edition (2001) recomended
      2. General Links
      3. WWW Virtual Library Lynn Nelson's excellent guide to 2500 links.
      4. World History links
      5. World History links
      6. Hyperhistory timeline and maps
      7. Military history 1000 annotated links, by Richard Jensen recommended
      8. biographies
      9. Historical Atlas of 20c clever thematic maps
      10. Original Texts
      11. Historical texts and documents, a very ambitious approach at Hanover College [Indiana] to putting translated documents and secondary works on-line for undergraduate history classes
      12. Historical Text Archive equally ambitious; worldwide, esp Latin America, from Mississippi State U., By Donald Mabry
      13. Avalon Project large collection of primary documents on international affairs, 16c to 20c, from Yale.
      14. Foreign Policy Documents and commentary from Mt Holyoke
      15. Articles:
      16. The History Net full text of articles from popular history magazines
      17. History Today good semipopular articles & book reviews
      18. Ancient History
      19. Links
      20. Bryn Mawr Classical Review scholarly book reviews
      21. exploring ancient cultures
      22. Egypt scholarly essays
      23. Perseus Project classical Greek and Latin resources; pioneer in computers recommended
      24. Greek History from Perseus
        25.
      25. Roman Empire
      26. Early Church encyclopedia from U. Evansville
      27. The Ancient World conflict, attitude and changing religions sophisticated textbook by Frank E. Smitha
      28. Chinese History Virtual Library by Robert Gray, U Michigan
      29. Cold War visuals, interviews, texts from 1998 CNN production
      30. Discoveries
      32. Discoverers Web recommended site by Andre Engels; global coverage of links & summaries
      33. Columbus and Age of Discoveries by Thomas Tirado, Millersville U.
      34. "Christopher Columbus and His Enterprise to the Indies: Scholarship of the Last Quarter Century," by Delno West in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 49, No. 2. (Apr., 1992), pp. 254-277. in JSTOR
      35. Medieval
      36. Labyrinth Medieval Studies, from Georgetown U.
      37. ORB Medieval Studies from Rhodes College
      38. Internet Medieval Sourcebook maps & original texts, by Paul Halsall
      39. Crusades
      40. Crusades major article from 1908 Catholic Encyclopedia with maps & links to many articles on leaders, religious themes, countries & locations recommended
      41. Kenneth M. Setton, ed. The History of the Crusades (1969-89), standard 6 vol scholarly full-scale history; recommended
      42. Europe
      43. Renaissance Annenberg project
      44. Eighteenth-Century Resources by Jack Lynch
      45. Early Modern from Paul Halsall
      46. Cartoon history of 19th century lots of fun
      47. Museum of Communism more links
      48. England
      49. Gardiner's Atlas of English History recommended; includes some world history; 1892 atlas
      50. Medieval England links to essays
      51. Adams, George Burton, History of England From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John, 1066-1216 (London, 1905) survey by scholar
      52. Tout, T.F., The History of England From the Accession of Henry III to the Death of Edward III (1216-1377) 1905 survey by scholar
      53. Medieval era online textbook
      54. Anglo- Saxon era
      55. Sources of English Constitutional History good set of documents from 601 AD to 1937
      56. Pollock & Maitland, History of English Law great classic; 1898 ed.
      57. Medieval era links
      58. Elizabethan England guide to ordinary life
      59. England under George III (1760-1830) good on politics, documents recommended
      60. English Romanticism
      61. Romantic Circles chapters from new books
      62. Victoria Research Web19c Britain. from Indiana U.
      63. Victorian Britain Handbook
      64. Victorian Web coordinated by George Landow. Brown U. recommended
      65. Irish Famine links
      66. Irish Famine
      67. Online sources for 19c Britain by Michael Nie
      68. Peel Web, 1830-1850 recommended
      69. James Bryce, William Ewart Gladstone old classic
      70. Victorian Britain Handbook
      71. Lloyd-George
      72. Winston Churchill
      73. biography
      74. 85,000 British cartoons don't miss David Low
      75. France
      76. Medieval period links
      77. French Revolution
      78. French Revolution from Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition (1910)
      79. Napoleonic Wars links
      80. Statistical abstract of Napoleonic era
      81. France GenWeb useful genealogical resources; includes historical maps, census data and many other resources for each province
      82. Germany
      83. German history by Prof. Dr. Hartmut Kaelble, Humboldt U., Berlin
      84. Early Medieval
      85. Medieval Cultural studies
      86. German History Sources texts of political documents, 19-20c by Richard Weikart
      87. Germany Gen Web useful genealogical resources; includes historical maps and census data on each province
      88. German colonial atlas
      89. H-German discussion threads & books reviews
      90. Holocaust from Paul Halsall recommended
      91. Holocaust teaching resources recommended
      92. Medieval Italy
      93. Norwegian Historical Association many European links
      94. Russia
      95. Russian history sites
      96. Beyond the Pale History of Jews in Russia
      97. Spain
      98. Medieval Spain
      99. The Muslims of Valencia in the Age of Fernando and Isabel by Mark D. Meyerson 1991 scholarly study
      100. Israel official site
      101. Mexico
      102. Mexico from Don Mabry's shop
      103. Border Studies US-Mexico
      104. Mexican Revolution documents, ed. Don Mabry
      105. Mexican Revolution photos from Runyon collection
      106. Digitising History textbook for quantitative history
      107. Science-Medicine-Technology
      108. History of Science & Technology documents, from ancient to present, ed. Paul Halsall
      109. History of Science/Technology/Medicine  from Johns Hopkins U.
      110. History of Science, Technology & Medicine by Tim Sherratt
      111. History of science comprehensive links
      112. A History of Science 1904 4 vol compendium by Henry Smith Williams
      113. history of astronomy links from U of Michigan-Detroit Observatory
        114.
      114. history of mathematics several full-length books
      115. Costumes in History
      116. Environmental history links from U California Berkeley
      117. Galileo's World and early modern science, from Rice U.
      118. Medical History
      119. Medical History on the WWW by A. J. Wright
      120. Leonardo's World from Corbis
      121. history of Western science annotated bibliography by A. Bowdoin Van Riper
      122. Steam engines: histories & documents
      123. Engines of Our Ingenuity transcripts of 1500+ short radio talks on history of technology, by John H. Lienhard
      124. Slavery studies bibliographies and autobiographies, by Steve Mintz and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
      125. Historic Speeches in Real Audio, from History Channel Time Machine
      126. Distinguished women short biographies
      127. Women's Emancipation in Britain Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
      128. World War I
      129. World War I documents, from Brigham Young U.
      130. World War I links , from U. Kansas
      131. World War I links by Richard Jensen
      132. WWI-Britain from Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia
      133. World War II
      134. World War II links recommended by Richard Jensen
      135. WW2 encyclopedia from Spartacus
      136. World War II Resources
      137. lesson plans

    7. History: USA
      1. Reader's Companion to American History (1991) excellent short scholarly articles recommended
      2. primary documents and useful essays; edited by Oscar Handlin (1963 recommended)
      3. History Matters online sources and syllabi, from George Mason U.
      4. links to US topics from McGraw Hill
      5. lesson plans good links
      6. advertising slide collection by Roland Marchand recommended
      7. Harper's Weekly Recommended
        150 cartoons on elections 1860-1884, Reconstruction, and Chinese exclusion, plus American Political Prints from the Library of Congress, 1766-1876
      8. Political History
      9. "Historiography of American Political History" long scholarly article by Richard Jensen
      10. presidential history detailed guide to WWW, by Richard Jensen recommended
      11. American Presidency major exhibit from Smithsonian
      12. Political Graveyard remarkable biographical guide to 81,000 politicians, living and dead recommended
      13. Elections 1860-1912 as covered by Harper's Weekly; news, editorials, cartoons (many by Thomas Nast)
      14. Speeches
      15. Speeches full text, from Northwestern U. Douglass Project
      16. Inaugural speeches; annual messages by Rick Matlick
      17. Presidential speeches short audio excerpts, Harrison to Clinton
      18. American Religious Experience from West Virginia U.
      19. biographies good links
      20. African American
      21. Colonial, Early National
      22. American Colonists' Library documents recommended
      23. colonial histories very good scholarly books, pre 1923 (now in public domain); recommended
      24. Provincial America, 1690-1740 very good 1905 overview by by scholar Evarts Boutell Greene
      25. The Reinterpretation of the American Revolution excellent 1968 collection of scholarly essays ed by Jack Greene recommended
      26. Stamp Act see the cartoons
      27. The Early America Review  full text of semi-popular articles
      28. History of New England classic 5 vol history by John Palfrey (1859-90)
      29. Benjamin Franklin links by R. Jensen and classic short scholarly biography by Carl Becker
      30. American Revolution: timeline, biographies from Claremont Institute
      31. Founder's Constitution links to sources of US Constitution recommended
      32. First Congress 1789-91
      33. Max Farrand, The Fathers of the Constitution (1920) full text of short book by leading scholar
      34. A Constitutional History of the United States (1935) Pulitzer-winning textbook by leading scholar Andrew McLaughlin
      35. New Nation teachers guides; stress on politics & religion
      36. Jefferson--Man of Millennium by Richard Jensen, with links
      37. New Nation original founding documents, 1770s-1790s, from from Library of Congress
      38. 1800-1850s
      39. Cartoon history of 19th century lots of fun
      40. Martha Ballard midwife in New England 1780s-1810s
      41. SHEAR bibliography US history 1800-1860
      42. Revolution to Reconstruction textbook plus documents;
      43. Growth & Expansion of Early Nation good graphics
      44. Tales of the Early Republic ambitious collect of texts and encyclopedia entries on Jacksonian Era, by Hal Morris
      45. Tocqueville's America texts from Virginia
      46. Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture
      47. Brooklyn Eagle major newspaper, 1841-1902
      48. Civil War Era
      49. Jensen's Guide to Civil War online sources recommended links
      50. James Ford Rhodes, History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 (1918) best of older histories of the war years; strong on politics recommended
      51. scholarly essays 1966 collection ed. Charles Crowe
      52. Civil War Center at LSU
      53. causes of Civil War documents
      54. Civil War full text of political documents from Furman U.; focus is 1850-1861
      55. Ransom, Roger L.. "The Economics of the Civil War." EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert Whaples, August 25 2001 scholarly essay
      56. Words and Boundaries in a Secessionist Age Interactive course on 1850s by Lloyd Benson, Furman U.
      57. 1861 Crisis class exercises, from Richard Latner Tulane U.
      58. Lincoln's complete works searchable recommended
      59. New York Times 1860-66 complete text
      60. Brooklyn Eagle major newspaper, 1841-1902
      61. Lincoln bio, timeline, videos, texts to 1861
      62. Civil War images original prints from NY Historical Society
      63. Overview of Confederate homefront by leading historian J F Rhodes, pp 366-397 recommended
      64. Walter Lynwood Fleming, The Sequel of Appomattox, A Chronicle of the Reunion of the States short 1920 book by leading Southern white scholar
      65. Harper's Weekly Recommended
        150 cartoons on elections 1860-1884
        plus Reconstruction topics, Chinese exclusion & American Political Prints from the Library of Congress, 1766-1876
      66. Gilded Age, Progressive Era
      67. American Social History Project US 1877-1946
      68. Brooklyn Eagle major newspaper, 1841-1902
      69. Elections 1860-1912 as covered by Harper's Weekly; news, editorials, cartoons (many by Thomas Nast)
      70. Nativism & anti-Catholicism bibliography
      71. Progressive Era annotated links by Amanda Howenstein
      72. Gilded Age & Progressive Era Cartoons, industry, labor, politics, prohibition from Ohio State
      73. Gilded Age documents and books
      75. photographs
      76. original images
      77. Immigration
      78. Higham, John Strangers in the land: patterns of American nativism, 1860-1925. [1957] outstanding history of nativism; online via ACLS History E-book
      79. Immigration History Research Center at U. Minnesota
      80. Images of immigrants
      81. Anti-Chinese San Francisco
      82. Anti-Chinese Movement from Harper's Weekly
        83.
      83. 1890s from Bowling Green State U.
      84. Historians discuss War of 1898 recommended
      85. TRoosevelt Timeline with links
      86. Temperance & Prohibition
      87. Woodrow Wilson from PBS with some documents recommended
      88. links recommended
        89.
      89. H102 Stanley Schultz's course on Civil War to Present at U. Wisconsin,
        with outlines, texts, biographies, photos, etc.
      90. 1920s
      91. links from Montgomery College
      92. links from Kingwood College Library
      93. more links from Kennesaw College
      94. links
      95. 1920s original documents from Library of Congress
      96. Scopes Trial, 1925
      97. Middletown (1929) book by Robert & Helen Lynd
      98. Harlem Renaissance lesson plans
      99. 1950s course, & excerpts examplar course, from U of Pennsylvania
      100. 1980s lots of popular culture & some politics
      101. New Deal, WW2
      102. New Deal Homepage One of best history resources; from Columbia U. and FDR Library; many photos and documents recommended
      103. New Deal links
      104. photos from Great Depression
      105. lesson plans
      106. New Deal Cartoons delightful research resource; original cartoons 1933-45, selected and edited by high school class recommended
      107. Farm Security Administration thousands of photographs from 1930s, some in color
      108. World War II Links by Richard Jensen
      109. WW2 photos
      110. WW2 posters n=337
      111. ads & posters
      112. American oral histories
      113. Ethnic
      114. Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-born Population of the US: 1850-1990
      115. Chinese American History Time Line
      116. German-American Ethnic Experience short overview by leading historians
      117. Hispanic
      118. Hispanic Heritage
      119. Latino Culture
      120. Hispanic Reading Room from Library of Congress
      121. Urban
      122. H-Urban web links
      123. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History best online source for any city recommended
      124. Cleveland Digital Library primary sources
        125.
      125. Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. online from ProQuest Information and Learning; check with Librarian;
      126. Pittsburgh texts and maps recommended
      127. NYC 1905 documents
      128. Seattle
      129. studying urban history [Guelph, Canada]
      130. Aerial views 19c US cities must see
      131. Chicago maps & buildings
      132. Urban planning, 1794-1918 by John Reps
      133. Chicago extensive collection of online materials; strongest for 1919 from Chicago Metro History Education Center
      134. Labor History syllabus, documents & links, by Gerald Zahavy; emphasis on radical left
      135. South
      136. Documenting the American South from U. North Carolina
      137. Library of Virginia 600,000 images in colonial history & WW2 photos
      138. Chesapeake region many full text historic books and documents re Virginia, Maryland area before 1870
      139. Valley of the Shadow social history of Pennsylvania and Virginia, 1850s-'60s, by Ed Ayers, U Virginia
      140. History of Appalachia lecture notes by Ron Eller
      141. WPA Tennessee Guide famous 1938 guide
      142. The Handbook of Texas best guide to any state; multivolume 1996 encyclopedia
      143. Vietnam War
      144. Annotated bibliography with links, by Richard Jensen
      145. The Wars for Vietnam, 1945-1975 with documents, by Robert Brigham, Vassar College
      146. Foreign Relations, 1969-1976 Foundations of Foreign Policy, 1969-1972 official documents; interpretive emphasis; recommended
      147. West & Frontier
      149. annotated links by Mike Madin
      150. Multicultural West from Washington State U.
      151. WestWeb scholars' guide to Western USA by Cathy Lavender
      152. documents
      153. American Indian Resources by Will Karkavelas
      154. biographies
      155. photographs
      156. New Perspectives on the West from PBS; texts, biographies, timeline
      157. travel accounts full text, pre 1877
      158. H H Bancroft the great multivolume history of the West; v 17 (Arizona & New Mexico) recommended
      159. California
      160. online archive
      161. California 1849-1900 documents
      162. San Francisco history
      163. Shaping San Francisco
      164. Midwest
      165. midwestern frontier documents from Lincoln/Net
      166. Frederic Austin Ogg, The Old Northwest: A Chronicle of the Ohio Valley and Beyond (1919) short book by scholar
      167. Kansas
      168. Cutler history of Kansas, 1883 excellent
      169. WPA Minnesota Guide famous 1938 guide
      170. Andreas history of Nebraska, 1882 excellent
      171. Wisconsin documents
      172. H H Bancroft the great multivolume history of the West; v 29-30 (Oregon) recommended
      173. Pacific Northwest historical documents and old histories of Oregon & region recommended
      174. The Handbook of Texas best guide to any state; multivolume 1996 encyclopedia recommended
      175. Encyclopedia of Utah History excellent resource
      176. western photos 1860-1920 n=30,000 from Denver Public Library
      177. books & travel accounts of 19c California esp 1849
      178. Women
      179. American Women's History: A Research Guide
      180. Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930
      181. The Women's Rights Movement 1848 - 1998
      182. Woman Suffrage documents and study guide, from National Archives
      183. Notable Women of History useful short bios, links & texts; recommended
      184. texts famous books and pamphlets by women
      185. Prominent women short biographies
      186. Women's Archives primary documents, from Duke U.
      187. Nurses

    8. History Journals/ Departments/ Research Institutes/ Associations/Textbooks/Historiography
      1. AHA Perspectives newsletter articles
      2. Canadian Historical Association
      3. Center for History & New Media George Mason U.
      4. Historical Research in Europe : A Guide to Archives and Libraries bibliography with many links
      5. global list of all history depts
      6. History On-Line recommended re UK teachers, research projects, books, articles, conferecnes
      7. recent theses in British universitites
      8. NCSS National Council for Social Studies; high school teachers
      9. State Historical Society Journals
      10. Kansas
      11. Ohio
      12. Southwestern Historical Quarterly major scholarly journal for Texas History
      13. West Virginia
        Online Textbook Supplements (graphics, maps, documents, questions)
      1. Garraty: US
      2. Nash: US
      3. Kishlansky: Western Civ; very good maps
      4. McKay: World History primary sources & web links
      5. WebCT links to publishers
      6. Historiography
      7. Historiography recent major articles; recommended
      8. Historiography annotated bibliography by T. V. Reed
      9. Famous historians brief critical essays on 20 major figures
      10. History Under Debate mostly in Spanish
      11. Historiography Major French and British books from ELIOHS project by Guido Abbattista & Rolando Minuti
      12. historiography syllabus & links by Dr Shurlee Swain, Australian Catholic University
      13. Foucalt
      14. Orientalism
      15. "Los Angeles and the Problem of Urban Historical Knowledge" By Philip J. Ethington recommended

    9. Humanities
      1. Humanities Organizations
      2. ACLS homepages and links to 75 affiliated learned societies in USA
      3. Scholarly Societies all fields, from U. of Waterloo
      4. NCC: National Coordinating Committee weekly reports on US government & humanities
      5. National Endowment for Humanities; NEH activities by state; Humanities valuable magazine from NEH; not copyright
      6. Voice of the Shuttle Large guide to humanities resources, from Alan Liu, UC Santa Barbara
      7. Art History
      8. Art History links recommended
      9. Getty Information Institute databases for art history
      10. UNESCO World Heritage List, pictures 720+ properties
      11. Art Museums
      12. World Museums from International Council of Museums
      13. Literature Literature, best guide to literary WWW sites, by Jack Lynch recommended
      14. Modern Russian Writers
      15. Heath anthology of American Literature recommended
      16. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes scholarly compendium, published 1907-21; recommended for its 11,000 pages of factual detail
      17. International Women's literature bibliographies
      18. PAL: Perspectives in American Literature 300 pages of scholarly bibliographies by Paul P. Reuben
      19. Southern Literature texts from U. of North Carolina
      20. Great Writers & Poets by Piet Wesselman
      21. Shakespeare
      22. T-AMLIT American Literature , from Georgetown U.
      23. A Multimedia Companion to Anthology of Modern American Poetry, by Cary Nelson recommended
      24. The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States 1921 classic by H.L. Mencken Mencken links
      25. Romantic Circles English Romantic poetry
      26. Philosophy, Psychology & History of Ideas
      27. Philosophy Links good starting point
      28. Hippias search the web for philosophy
      29. Philosopher's Index recommended links to etexts
      30. Philosophy from U. of Bristol
      31. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
      32. Guide to philosophy departments
      33. Philosophical Gourmet Report Leiter's ranking
      34. it's naughty to rank
      35. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy original articles recommended
      36. Ethics Updates by Lawrence M. Hinman
      37. Ralph Waldo Emerson
      38. John Stuart Mill original texts
      39. Mill's philosophy
      40. texts by and about JSM
      41. George Herbert Mead American 20c philosopher; texts; also W.I. Thomas and other social scientists of early 20c
      42. History of Psychology Archives recommended
      43. Classics in the History of Psychology original texts, by Christopher Green; includes James, Dewey, Freud, Jung, and more recommended
      44. Gender
      45. Women/gender studies
      46. Feminist theory
      47. Suffragists Oral History full-text of interviews
      48. Women's Studies valuable guide from U. Maryland

    10. Libraries and Bibliographies
      1. OPAC (On-Line Public Access Catalogs) Most major library OPACs are available. (Yahoo tracks them)
      2. MELVYL One of the best OPACs is the U of California system, with vast holdings and the ability to email searches back to you. recommended
      3. INGENTA searchable tables of contents to 11 million articles in 26,000 journals; (coverage from late 1980s to last month); formerly called CARL recommended
      4. Dissertation Abstracts abstracts of all PhD dissertations; searchable; guests have access to last 2 years; many colleges have full access on campus
      5. British academic libraries
      6. British Library
      7. US National Archives
      8. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) in U.S.A.
      9. Archives USA Chadwyck-Healey's product
      10. IBSS International Bibliography of Social Sciences, restricted to UK universities

    11. Full Text On-Line Magazines, Books, Documents pre 1920s
      1. Digital Libraries
      2. Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography By Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
      3. Reference books
      4. Quotations
      5. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 9th ed. 1901 -- with better citations than recent editions
      6. more recent quotations
      7. Roget's Thesaurus both 1995 and 1922 editions
      8. Mencken, The American Language (1921) classic
      9. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes scholarly compendium, published 1907-21recommended for its 11,000 pages of factual detail
      10. Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
      11. OneLook Dictionaries 4 million words indexed in more than 700 online dictionaries
      12. Columbia Encyclopedia excellent brief, modern
      13. Wordsmyth Dictionary
      14. Century Dictionary full text of monumental English dictionary, cyclopedia & atlas of 1890s recommended
      15. Merriam Webster's Unabridged 1913 edition; the superb 1961 edition is available on cd-rom
      16. The Oxford English Dictionary is available online at many colleges
      17. Encarta useful encyclopedia
      18. French Reference [in pdf format]includes Dictionnaire historique et critique (1697) by Pierre Bayle
      19. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers [1751-1765]- 16 vol
        20.
      20. Books
      21. Project Gutenberg over 10,000 books online--strongest in 19c literature recommended
      22. annotated guide from Georgetown U Library
      23. E-Texts 7500 full texts from Internet Public Library
      24. US History recommended
      25. State & Local US History recommended
      26. Cleveland Digital Library primary sources
      27. Kentucky Digital Library hundreds of titles on Kentucky
      28. Pittsburgh
      29. Public Domain HTI Modern English Collection recommended
      30. CARRIE
      31. Project Gutenberg Major collection of literary and historical texts
      32. African American
      33. African American Writers from ISLMC
      34. African American Perspectives 19c pamphlets from Library of Congress
      35. 19c American Lit 70 full texts books by major writers
      36. Documenting the American South many full-length Southern books, 19c; major resource
      37. Archive of Economic Thought texts of major and minor economists; from McMaster U.
      38. "Graphic Witness" caricatures in history European and American political artists
      39. Library of Congress American Memory Project; many miscellaneous collections
      40. Classics in the History of Psychology original texts, by Christopher Green; includes Wundt, James, Dewey, Binet, Yerkes, Freud, Jung, Terman, Watson, Skinner and more
      41. NY Times authors & book reviews
      42. Time Magazine full text all issues, Jan 1994- present
      43. New York Review of Books full text many issues, 1963-2002
      44. 19c periodicals online recommended starting point
      45. New York Times complete text of every issue 1854-1924, searchable highly recommended
      46. Making of America Cornell MOA project is putting online the full text of these magazines.
        The texts are searchable. The project now includes 908,000 pages of text from 267 books and 955 volumes of magazines.
      47. another link
        1. American Missionary (1878 - 1901) strong on African-Americans in South
        2. The Atlantic Monthly (1857 - 1901) major intellectual magazine
        3. Century (1881 - 1899) major intellectual magazine
        4. Harpers New Monthly Magazine (1850-1899) major intellectual magazine
        5. Harper's Weekly online and indexed 1857-1877; superb illustrations; available at 500+ academic libraries recommended
        6. Literary Digest unfortunately not on-line
        7. Littell's Living Age (1844 - 1900) reprints European magazine articles; recommended
        8. The Nation on-line by subscription, 1865- present this was the leading intellectual periodical 1865-1910
        9. Niles Weekly Register best weekly news magazine, 1811-1849; available on cd-rom at some large academic libraries; unfortunately not on-line
        10. North American Review (1815 - 1900) major intellectual magazine
        11. Scientific American (1846 - 1869)
      48. 19c Books full text is searchable; each page in gif format recommended
      49. 19th century books, full text from MOA at U. Michigan; full text searching; images of pages recommended. Includes 634,000 pages from 4,100 books and magazine volumes.
      50. Making of America Full text (in bitmap) of thousands of 19c books and the following magazines, from U. of Michigan:
        1. Catholic World 1865-1901
        2. DeBow's 1846-1869 + 1952 index Major resource for South
        3. Princeton Review 1831-1882 major conservative religious journal
        4. Southern Literary Messenger 1835-1864 + 1936 Contributor index
        5. Southern Quarterly Review 1842-1857
      51. Internet Library of Early Journals English journals
      52. 18th Century
      53. Gentleman's Magazine
      54. The Annual Register 1758-1778
      55. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
      56. 19th Century
      57. Notes and Queries
      58. The Builder
      59. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
      60. British Library 19c British newspapers full txt, searchable

    12. On-Line Maps
      1. Odden's Maps links recommended
      2. Perry-Castañeda Map Collection recommended
      3. Century Dictionary full text of major Cyclopedia & Atlas of 1890s recommended
      4. Europe
      5. Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe every 100 years from 1100 to 2000
      6. Gardiners Atlas of English History recommended; includes some world history; 1892 atlas
      7. British Historical GIS Programme
      8. Atlas of Europe 1882
      9. Historical Atlas of 20c clever thematic maps
      10. World History maps
      11. maps for German history
      12. good on ancient & Europe
      13. Russian Empire 1882 atlas
      14. History of Poland
      15. Balkans 1882 atlas
      16. USA
      17. Textbook maps US History (Garraty)
      18. Textbook Maps US History (Nash)
      19. Perry-Castañeda Map Collection recommended
      20. Statistical Atlas US, 1870-1880-1890, also 1970 recommended
      21. Animated time series of demographic and political data. mostly USA
      22. 20c maps thematic, recommended
      23. David Rumsey Collection 7000+ wonderful original maps; worth the trouble recommended
      24. Using Maps and Gazetteers In Your Research by Dave Obee
      25. Hyperhistory timeline and maps
      26. National Geographic Society Maps also available on cd-rom from Amazon.com
      27. Great set of links to many maps  from U Maryland-Baltimore
      28. Historical maps U Texas collection
      29. Historical and Cultural Atlases Uses Shockwave to create overlays; from U. of Oregon
      30. History of Cartography by Tony Campbell of British Library
      31. free classroom outline maps
      32. National Atlas of Canada
      33. maps from Canadian Encyclopedia
      34. Historical Geography from Association of American Geographers
      35. Cities
      36. city plans and maps
      37. Aerial views 19c US cities
      38. Chicago maps & buildings

    13. News, newspapers, magazines, radio
      1. AJR NewsLink links to several thousand newspapers, broadcasters, on-line news services, and other useful sites.
      2. AJR links to magazines
      3. Media & Communications Studies from U. of London
      4. US National Public Radio, with real audio
      5. US Network TV News archives detailed, searchable abstracts of major news shows, 1968 to 1998
      6. New York Times complete text of every issue 1854-1924, searchable recommended
      7. reporters, 1893
      8. country printers 1893 by W. D. Howells
      9. Voice of America from US Information Agency [daily news]
      10. Washington Post [daily news]

    14. Political Science, International Relations
      1. Guide to Political Research On-Line from Richard Jensen recommended :)
      2. Political Science Virtual Library resources and departments; from Cal Poly
      3. Political Science research from U. of Denver
      4. Political Theory Daily Review links to serious discussions; updated daily recommended
      5. Encyclopedias
      6. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics excellent scholarly essays
      7. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (CEE) libertarian
      8. Americana Encyclopedia articles on US politics
      9. Diplomacy, International Relations
      10. more links
      11. H-DIPLO links to Diplomatic History
      12. International Affairs Resources 1400+ links, by Wayne A. Selcher, Elizabethtown College
      13. Avalon Project large collection of primary documents on international affairs, 16c to 20c, from Yale.
      14. Foreign Policy Documents and commentary from Mt Holyoke recommended
      15. U.S. Diplomatic History Resources excellent links
      16. US State Department documents Foreign Relations of US series, 1960s
      17. Cold War International History Bulletin new documents from Communist archives; major resource
      18. scholarly essays on roots of 9-11 recommended
      19. Supreme Court
      20. Oyez: Supreme Court famous cases, by Jerry Goldman; listen to the lawyers
      21. Supreme Court all decisions since 1893; full text; free from FindLaw
      22. more links
      23. The Founders Constitution excellent collection of documents
      24. Politics, Polls
      25. Yahoo Guide to Politics
      26. Washington Post Guide to US Government
      27. All Politics from CNN and TIME
      28. US Elections to 1880
      29. Annotated guide to ICPSR, from U California San Diego
      30. National Election Studies/ICPSR, 1948-2000
      31. Roper Center polls, worldwide, 1935- present
      32. Polling Report current public opinion
      33. Public Agenda Online nonpartisan evaluations of polls
      34. Thinkers and Theorists
      35. Political Theorists links from Yahoo!
      36. economics--schools of thought recommended
      37. Antonio Gramsci
      38. Karl Marx complete texts
      39. Social, Economic and Political Change sophisticated review of sociological theories, with good links
      40. Herbert Spencer from Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
      41. anthropologists
      42. George Herbert Mead American 20c philosopher; texts; also W.I. Thomas and other social scientists of early 20c
      43. John Stuart Mill original texts
      44. Thorstein Veblen books and essays
      45. Cases & Materials on American Federalism
      46. Philosophy Texts complete texts by Aristotle, Derrida, Hume, Kant, Mill, Plato, Popper, Rousseau, and others
      47. Conservative Political Thinkers Roger Scruton (1944-) Michael Oakeshott (1901-1990) Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
      48. Philosophy from U. of Bristol
      49. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy original scholarly articles

    15. Popular Culture, Cinema, Museums
      1. Art Museums
      2. art history by Chris Whitcombe
      3. World Museums from International Council of Museums
      4. artists thousands of excellent JPG images
      5. French Ministry of Culture
      6. Library of Congress "American Memory" photos, sound, film, not copyright
      7. Popular Culture, from Popular Culture Association
      8. Radio history & radio ads
      9. train travel & ads
      10. Visual Images
      11. finding images on WWW
      12. art history by Chris Whitcombe
      13. online visual images
      14. Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) 60,000 images
      15. Medicine and Madison Avenue ads, 1911-60
        16.
      16. Web Guide to Art biogs & commentary on famous paintings
      17. Local History, Preservation, Architecture
      18. Historic preservation
      19. Digital Archive of American Architecture recommended
      20. Great Buildings 3-D models & photos
      21. Living history; re-enactments
      22. Cinema
      23. Internet Movie Database
      24. Film Studies from U. of London
      25. Asian films
      26. The Silents Majority silent films
      27. Film History excellent course syllabus by Steven Schoenherr
      28. early films GIF format
      29. Early films Library of Congress
      30. 20c Europe in Film rentals from Penn State
      31. Culture Studies
      32. African American
      33. Multicultural West from Washington State U.
      34. The Raced Celt, 1840-1890 stereotypical images of the Irish
      35. Chicano/Latino West
      36. Comics
      37. Google's Links recommended
      38. Index of comic art from Michigan State

    16. Religion
    17. Rutgers links
    18. contemporary religious movements from U. Virginia
    19. APS Guide to Resources in Theology
    20. annotated links by Mike Madin
    21. World Religions useful encyclopedia
    22. religion-online.org 4000+ texts by recognized religious scholars recommended
    23. Sacred Texts 400+ full texts from many religious traditions
    24. East Asian Language and Thought strong on religion
    25. Judaica, omnibus guide
    26. Jewish Encyclopedia major 1906 reference with 15,000 articles; recommended
    27. Islamic religion
    28. Islam 101 basics
    29. Digital Buddhist Library and Museum
    30. religious movies Hollywood goes to Heaven
    31. Christianity
    32. Links
    33. Image and Text Database on the History of Christianity from Yale Divinity School
    34. The Unquenchable Light 1940 very general history by leading scholar Kenneth Scott Latourette
    35. Catholic Enclopedia, 1913 ed full text of all 11,000 articles; strong on history, Catholic and heretical doctrines, geography, rituals, theology recommended
    36. Schaff, Philip, History of the Christian Church complete text of 1910 edition of 8 volume history (to 1540s) by a leading American Protestant scholar in 1880s. recommended; a cd-rom edition also exists
    37. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge classic 15v 1908 Protestant work; recommended
    38. Early Church encyclopedia from U. Evansville
    39. Renan, Ernest Renan, The history of the origins of Christianity (1890) 7 vol, includes his famous Life of Jesus
    40. Hall of Church History Protestant and Catholic texts
    41. Reformation/ Counter-Reformation
    42. Internet Modern History Sourcebook excellent collection of texts recommended
    43. historiography of Reformation scholarly essay
    44. Reformation comprehensive but old and sharply negative overview; elaborate detail; from 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
    45. Martin Luther from ibid
    46. John Calvin from ibid
    47. Counter-Reformation from ibid
    48. Counter-Reformation new essays
    49. Project Wittenberg Luthern texts
    50. Puritan texts
    51. texts from Reformed tradition
    52. Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905)
    53. Frey, Donald. "The Protestant Ethic Thesis." EH.Net Encyclopedia by economic historian Engerman, Stanley. "Capitalism, Protestantism, and Economic Development." EH.NET, 2000
    54. Christian Missions
    55. Wesley Center texts by Wesley, Arminius, Holiness theologians
    56. Quaker documents by Peter Sippel
      57.
    57. "Religion and Superstition in Nineteenth-Century France" by Eugen Weber, The Historical Journal, Vol. 31, No. 2. (Jun., 1988), pp. 399-423. JSTOR
    58. Victoria Research Web19c Britain; from Indiana U.
    59. American Religious History
    60. Divining America: Religion & the National Culture scholarly essays & links; recommended
    61. overview
    62. religion in early National period
    63. Religion in 18th century Library of Congress exhibit of books & prints
    64. historiography of early American religion Awash in a Sea of Faith: Christianizing the American People book by Jon Butler, reviewed by Patricia U. Bonomi in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 1. (Jan., 1991), pp. 118-124.
    65. Religion & States in Revolutionary Era, from Library of Congress
    66. Catholic Enclopedia, 1913 ed recommended excellent coverage of all states; major cities and ethnic groups; leading bishops
    67. Protestant Denominations
    68. African American by W.E. B. DuBois
    69. Baptists
    70. Congregationalists
    71. Lutherans
    72. Mennonites
    73. Methodists
    74. History of the Moravian Church by J.E. Hutton (1909)
    75. Mormons
    76. Mormons in Utah
    77. Mormon historiography scholarly essays
    78. Presbyterians
    79. Protestant Episcopal Church
    80. Quakers
    81. Dutch Reformed
    82. German Reformed
    83. Shakers
    84. Unitarians
    85. History of American socialisms classic 1871 book by John Humphrey Noyes, re: communal religions
    86. American Religious Data Archive recent surveys
    87. American Religious Experience from West Virginia U. recommended
    88. statistics membership totals, 1990s; links; citations; good source for basic numbers
    89. Reinhold Niebuhr complete texts of 6 of his major books

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