History Resources

General

• American Historical Association. The professional association for historians in the US, with links to various resources, including online publications and the Association's newsletter, Perspectives.
• Background Notes. Extensive introductions to history, politics, society, and economy of countries of the world, published by US Dept of State.
• Center for History and New Media, at George Mason University. Exploring the potential of virtual history.
• CIA World Factbook. Capsule introductions to the countries of the world.
• ECHO. Exploring the history of science and technology online.
• E-Text center at University of Virginia.
• Historical Abstracts. Index to articles, books, and book reviews for all areas of history except the US and Canada.
• Historical Atlas of 20th Century. Excellent series of maps charting political, demographic, and other changes during last century.
• History Channel. Online resources provided by cable channel.
• History WWW Virtual Library. Central catalog and gateway to all aspects of history.
• H-Net. Gateway to numerous discussion networks covering all aspects of history and humanities. Most include links to other resources as well as ongoing discussions of various issues, suggestions for resources, etc. Discussions are indexed and searchable. Thematic networks include: H-Arete (sports history); H-Atlantic; H-Diplo; H-Environment; H-HistMajor (network for undergraduate history majors); H-Ideas; H-Labor; H-Mediterranean; H-Sci-Med-Tech; H-Urban; H-War (military history); H-Women; H-World.
• Internet History Sourcebooks. Largest collection of primary sources on the web, provided by Paul Halsall at Fordham.
• Library of Congress. Access to catalogs, databases, exhibitions, and more.
• Perry-Castaneda collection at University of Texas at Austin. Largest collection of maps online, includes historical maps.
• Shock-ing Geography. Excellent online exercises for improving your knowledge of geography.
• PCL Map Collection
• SunSITE. Electronic text initiative at UC Berkeley.
• Women's history WWW Virtual Library.
• ZSR list of online history journals.
• ZSR list of online history databases.

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Africa

• African studies WWW Virtual Library.
• Africa South of the Sahara.
• Center for Electronic Resources in African Studies
• H-Africa. African history and culture network.
• H-SAfrica. South African and southern Africa history and culture network.
• H-West-Africa. West African history and culture network.

East Asia

• Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
• China Studies WWW Virtual Library.
• East Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
• H-Asia. Asian history network.
• H-Japan. Japanese history network.
• Japan Guide. Links to information resources.

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Europe

• Early Modern England Source.
• Eurodocs. Primary documents from Western Europe.
• German History WWW Virtual Library.
• German Studies on the internet.
• H-Albion. British and Irish history network.
• H-France. French studies network.
• H-German. German history network.
• H-Italy. Italian history and culture network.
• H-Russia. Russian and Soviet history network.
• Italian history WWW Virtual Library.
• Labyrinth. A WWW server for medieval studies.
• Maps. Historical and cultural atlas initiative at University of Oregon.
• Russian History WWW Virtual Library.
• Russian and East European Studies WWW Virtual Library.
• Spanish History WWW Virtual Library.

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Latin America

• Handbook of Latin American Studies. Bibliography of scholarly work.
• H-Caribbean. Caribbean studies network.
• H-Mexico. Mexican history and studies network.
• H-LatAm. Latin American history network.
• Latin American studies WWW Virtual Library.

Near East

• H-Mideast-Medieval. Islamic lands of the medieval period.
• MidEast Studies information.
• MidEast Studies WWW Virtual Library.

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United States

• Africans in America. Website for PBS series.
• America: History and Life. Index to articles, books, and book reviews for US and Canadian history.
• American Memory. Library of Congress project. Gateway to over 7 million primary sources.
• American Studies Web at Georgetown. Historical and archival sources.
• Archiving Early America. Historic Documents from 19th Century America.
• Asian-Nation. Various aspects of Asian experience in America.
• Documenting the American South.
• H-AmIndian. American Indian history and culture.
• H-AmRel. American religious history.
• H-Appalachia. Appalachian history and studies.
• H-CivWar. US Civil War history.
• H-Pol. US political history.
• H-South. History of the US South.
• Maps. Historical and cultural atlas initiative at University of Oregon.
• National Archives and Records Administration.
• Native American Documents Projects.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries. Comprehensive bibliographies of women's letters and diaries for over 2,000 publications from colonial period to 1950.
• SHOPtalk Southern Historians of the Piedmont
• Slave narratives. Excerpts.
• US historical documents.
• US history WWW Virtual Library.
• Women and Social Movements in the US, 1775-2000.

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The final piece of the imperial puzzle was Africa, long known as the "dark continent" for the inability of Europeans to survive the interior. European ambitions are reflected in this cartoon of Cecil Rhodes, at the end of the 19th century. His success in realizing them is still with us today, in the form of the De Beers diamond conglomerate.