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Websites

IMPERIALISM:

Imperialism
  Internet Modern History Sourcebook
     www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html  

Imperialism: Regent's Prep: Global History: Imperialism
     
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/index.cfm
     India, Middle East, SE Asia, China, Japan, S. America, Africa

The Open Door Web Site:The 'Scramble' for Africa
     
www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/empires/0048.html
     See links at bottom of page for maps, and British, French, Belgium, and
     German colonialization.         

The Story of Africa: Africa and Europe - 1800 -1914
     www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/11chapter3.shtml

Hisotry of Latin America http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=856&


MAPS:

 Outline Maps (All maps are in PDF format.)
   h
ttp://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
 
Map: Imperialism in Asia
     
h
ttp://astro.temple.edu/~barbday/Europe66/resources/imperialismasia.htm

Map: Imperialism in Africa on eve of World War I
  
   
http://www.wwnorton.com/nrl/english/nawol/maps/MAP30IAF.JPG

Map: Latin America on the eve of Independence, c. 1800
     
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/ralph/resource/latiname.htm

Map Collection, Norman B. Leventhal Map Collection, The Boston Public Library: 19th Century European Imperialism
     
http://maps.bpl.org/search_advanced/?mcid=11


COUNTRIES:

 Country Studies - Library of Congress
    
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Countries of the World
    
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

CIA World Factbook (Good source for pictures)
     
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

 ONLINE DATABASES
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JSTOR   
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PowerSearch  Full-text journal articles. Includes New York Times (1980 -)
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ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases  
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SRC logo
Student Resources in Context
Full text articles from a variety of reference sources
, primary sources, images, etc.
World History in Context  
Questia Be sure to log in to get access too more ebooks. For REMOTE access - see the Library Bookmark here (use your school login).


 

eBOOKS
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Gale VIrtual Reference Library eBooks   Search ALL
New Encyclopedia of Africa
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Countries and their Cultures
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Encyclopedia of India
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HIstory of Modern Asia 6 vols.
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Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa 4 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Russian History 4 vols.
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Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450
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Geo-Data: The World Geographical Encyclopedia
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations  5 vols.
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Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture

 



REFERENCE / PRINT RESOURCES
R 320.96 Bev Africa - International Government and Politics Series
R 320.54 Nat Nations & Nationalism vol.2 1880 -1945
R 325 Smi Imperialism: a History in Documents
R 325.3 Col Colonialism: an International Social, Cultural & Political Encyclopedia
R 325.3 Enc Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450
R 909 Glo Global History: The Age of Discovery & Colonial Expansion, (1400s to 1900s), vol. 3
R 910 Wor Chronology of Nations
R 911 McE Atlas of African History
R 911.6 Kas History Atlas of Africa
R 940.2 Eur Europe: 1789 - 1914 4 vols
R 959.003 Sou Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor 3 vols
R 960.03 Enc Enc. of African History and Culture: The Colonial Era (1850 - 1960)
R 960.03 New New Encyclopedia of Africa 5 vols
R 980.003 Enc Encyclopedia of Latin Amerian History and Culture