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Cox Library: Modern World History

Comprehensive Sites

Internet Modern Sourcebook
Use the navigation bar on the left to locate documents on your topic.

Best Sites for History
Annotated links to over 1,200 Web sites

Yale University Avalon Collection
Documents about Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government

Foreign Relations of the United States
United States Foreign relation during the Truman, Eisehnower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford administrations

George Mason History Matters
from Center for History and New Media, George Mason University
Document collections under "Many Pasts" and links to more Web sites by topic and time period under "WWW History"


COUNTRY STUDIES

The Library of Congress: Country Studies 
Covers 85 different nations - culture, society, belief systems and basic facts.

WESTERN EUROPE

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
Links connect to European primary historical documents

WESSWEB: Western European Specialists Section
Regional and historical resources, contemporary Europe, primary sources, Guides to library resources and book reviews.

European Studies Center
Post 1945-era - emphasis on European Union.

HOLOCAUST

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
Includes teaching materials and a photographic archive. 

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE & RUSSIA

Russian and East European Network Information Center (REENIC)
Organized by regions and countries

MIDDLE EAST

Middle East Center U Penn

Middle East and Islamic Studies Columbia University

AFRICA

Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources 
Resources on the continent of Africa, major regions and individual countries.

University of Pennsylvannia African Studies Center
Country information for all nations.

ASIA

East & Southeast Asia
Clearly organized information.

CANADA

Internet Modern Source Book Canada

LATIN AMERICA

Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Easy to use. Country index.

COLD WAR

Cold War International History Project 
Established by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.  Supports release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War.  Seeks to accelerate integration of new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc."

National Archives and Records Administration of the United States
Cold War Era. Records from the United States government.

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES

Truman Eisenhower Kennedy
Johnson Nixon Ford
Carter Reagan Bush
Clinton George W. Bush


 

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