Provided by ProQuest. This collection features expertly selected open primary source documents. Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
Tags: African American History, US History, Civil Rights, The Civil War, Jim Crow Era
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Collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present.
Tags: World History, Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, Ancient History, Modern History
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A resource for accessing or creating timelines for projects in the arts, literature, notable people, science & technology, world history, geography and more. Users can select a built timeline and make changes or create new timelines then images and videos.
Tags: Education, Student Resources, Timelines, History, Student Projects
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, edited by Bonnie G. Smith, captures the experiences of women throughout history in a far-reaching, four-volume work. Although there has been extensive research on women in history by region, no other text or reference work has comprehensively covered the role women have played throughout world history.
Tags: World History, American History, Women’s History, Feminism, Antifeminism, Gender Studies, Reproductive Rights, Inventors, Scientists, Women’s Education, Motherhood
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation is the definitive source for information about the entire range of religious and social changes that altered the face of Europe in the sixteenth century, encompassing not only issues of church polity and theology but also developments in politics, economics, demographics, art and literature.
Tags: Calvinism, Mating Luther, 99 Theses, Pilgrimages, Catholic Reformation, Protestantism, Jesuits, Transubstantiation, Saints, Religion
Provides information about major world developments from 1750 to the present, with close attention to social, economic, cultural, and political topics.
Tags: World History, Industrial Revolution, Meiji Restoration, World War I, World War II, Rwandan Genocide
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is the first comprehensive reference source to chronicle Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America.
Tags: Aztecs, Mayans, Colonial Period, Postcolonial Period, Spanish Conquest, Yucatan
The Encyclopedia covers the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today.
Tags: Naval History, Shipbuilding, Navigation, Pirates, Cartography, Maritime Law, Ports
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