GUIDE TO HISTORY ON THE WEB

RESOURCES

GUIDE TO HISTORY DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE WORLD

Searchable database linking to roughly 1,200 history departments around the world.

Searchable and indexed database of more than 5,000 US and world history sites

ESSAYS ON HISTORY & NEW MEDIA

Essays devoted to the theoretical and practical aspects of taking history into a digital format, including comments on design and technical factors

For an annotated guide to over 550 U.S. history web sites, visit History Matters.
For a guide to over 2600 sites on the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine, visit ECHO Science and Technology Virtual Center.

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TYPES OF RESOURCE: Text Images Audio Video

TYPES OF WEBSITE:

Archive Electronic Essay / Exhibit Gateway Journal Organization Syllabi & Assignments

AREAS OF THE WORLD:

General United States Africa Asia Canada Europe
Latin America & the Carribean Middle East

TOPICS (U.S. only):

Three Worlds Meet, Beginnings to 1620
Colonization & Settlement, 1585-1763
Revolution & the New Nation, 1754-1820s
Expansion & Reform, 1801-1861
Civil War & Reconstruction, 1850-1877
Development of the Industrial US, 1870-1900
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
Great Depression & World War II, 1929-1945
Postwar US, 1945-Early 1970s
Contemporary US, 1968-Present
African Americans
American Indians
Business & Businesspeople
Cities & Suburbs
Consumer Culture
Economy
Environment & Conservation

Ideas & Ideologies
Immigration & Ethnicity
International Policy
Labor & Labor Movements
Legal History
Military History
Politics & Political Parties
Popular Culture, Leisure, Arts
Radicalism & Reform
Religion
Rural Life & Movements
Science, Medicine & Technology
Sexuality
Southern States
Western States
Women