Best of the Web: Arts & Humanities » Literature & Linguistics » General Literature Resources » History

Site contains numerous digitized maps of Asian countries and regions. The maps are in .PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat to view them.

This website contains digital documents related to the history of the different regions of Asia. Links provide access to documents based on region. There are also documents related to social and cultural history of Asia as a whole.

Site hosted by the Library of Congress providing information about the country, its economy, history, government, transpotation, environment, finance, industry and society. Includes links to information about various historical

A comprehensive collection of China/Chinese history related websites.

"An experimental server featuring links to French-related resources on the Web of interest to university-level teachers and students."

A Dutch site containing links and information related to Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) and the Napoleonic Era. Some linked sites are in various European languages.

Through a rich use of multimedia, site visitors can explore the forests and terrain of this former Soviet republic, visit the Black Sea, and learn about Georgian history from an interactive timeline.

Online encyclopeda includes narrative, illustration, and primary sources, Part of the Spartacus Educational website.

This site, created by Hong University Library, represents an extensive digital collection of primary source documents covering various topics of Hong Kong history including politics, health, its relationship with the West, as well as a database of newspaper clippings.

Links to external web resources provided by the Library of Congress

Interactive timeline and information about the history of Korea provided by the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Site provides numerous links to information about the history, culture and society of Mongolia. The site is hosted by the Indo-Mongolian Society of New York.

This website, created by the University of Califonia - Berkeley Library, contains information about the history in chronological order from ancient times. The site also includes links to Internet accessable articles, as well as a bibliography.

Provides links to various resources about the Philippines including history, maps, images, culture, and government.

Website providing information and links about the history of Taiwan, as well as links to information about recent events(organizad chronologically).

Website that provides information and virtual tours of several palaces locate in Thailand.

Page provides links to information on Tibetan history, culture, social heirarchies and systems. The page also provides information on oral histories of Tibetans. The Center for Research on Tibet is part of the anthropology department at Case Western Reserve University

Provides biographical information, FAQs, quotes, information about the English Civil Wars, and links to other resources. The site is jointly maintained by the Cromwell Association and by the Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon.

Contains "more than 25,000 directory listings of history related venues, organisations and experts in the UK. Browse through news, features, competitions and a searchable Timeline of British history from 10,000 BC to the present day."

Official site provides a detailed history of the principal seat of the British monarchy in London, England.

"VRW is dedicated to the scholarly study of nineteenth-century Britain, and toaiding researchers, teachers, and students in their investigations of any and all aspects of this fascinating period. VRW is intended to supply a handy set of tips and links to help Victorianists find the practical information they need, whether it's an archive catalogue, a bibliography, a listserv address, a sample syllabus, a place to stay in London, or a journal's submission guidelines."

Survey of signs from 14th Street to 42nd Street with an emphasis on vintage signs. Documentation is supplied wherever available.

Full digital image of original documents and commentary on the treaty between the Sioux and the U.S. government.

Click "Search" and enter "Staten Island." (if you wish you can limit your search to just documents, manuscripts, printed texts, etc.) Hundreds of documents mentioning Staten Island are available.

An online illustrated textbook which describes in detail what life was like during Shakespeare's time.

Wonderful photos and walking tours of Manhattan's gargoyles and other architectural ornaments.

A map of Staten Island from 1777 showing the British encampment.

Web page from the Tenement Museum tells the story of 97 Orchard Street. [1864]

Information and photos on abandoned Island stations from Forgotten New York.

Directory of resources with brief annotations. Included are sections for Indexes & Directories a Digital Library News & Media sources the status of Women in Afghanistan Organizations and the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, and Al-Quida.

This site provides a chronology of historical events from the 1600s through 1969, a chronology about African-Americans in the western United States, and a list of sources.

This website features 117 primary sources materials from the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society that offer a window into the lives of African Americans in Massachusetts from the late 17th century through the 1780s

This site provides a chronology of historical events from the 1600s through 1969, a chronology about African-Americans in the western United States, and a list of sources.

A treasure trove of full-text primary sources spanning 500 years of American History. Speeches, treaties, Supreme Court decisions, declarations of war, and other key documents are arranged chronologically in a simple list, making it easy to find the primary source you need.

A collection of over 160,000 images from rural America during the Great Depression, as well as the war mobilization effort.

"The American Battle Monuments Commission is a small independent agency of the Executive Branch of thefederal government. It is responsible for:commemorating the services of the American Armed Forces where they have served since April 6, 1917 (thedate of U.S. entry into World War I)through the establishment of suitable memorial shrines designing, constructing, operating and maintaining permanent American military burial grounds in foreign countries for controlling the design and construction of U.S. military monuments and markers in foreign countries by other U.S. citizens and organizations, both public and private and encouraging the maintenance of such monuments and markers by their sponsors."

This extensive web page gathers together in one place hypertext links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil War.

"American Journeys contains more than 18,000 pages of eyewitness accounts of North American exploration, from the sagas of Vikings in Canada in AD1000 to the diaries of mountain men in the Rockies 800 years later."

An extensive archive of photographs, prints, and drawings that users may search by topic. Try "Bronx" or a particular site or neighborhood in The Bronx.

Primary sources for seven time periods of United States history are provided at this site covering 1783-1968. Each period is subdivided into various topics and contains an overview.

The digitized maps and atlases included in American Shores are drawn from the extensive holdings of the Map Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Search the collection for maps which include a 1776 Revolutionary War map, an 1845 Marine Hospital Ground map, a 1781 New York Harbor chart and more.

This guide provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.

Excerpted from William Dean Howells *Impressions and Experiences* [1896].

Site hosted by the BBC provides information on various peoples and groups in ancient history, along with images, animated timelines, presentations

Table of Contents from J.J. Clute's 1877 work, the "Annals of Staten Island". Available at The New York Public Library.

Over 29,000 photographs primarily of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures concentrated chiefly in the northeastern United States, especially the New York City area, and Florida.

Good gateway for information on contemporary playwrights, including Ayckbourn, Ensler, Fo, Hansberry, Hwang, Kushner, Ravenhill, Shepard, Anna Devere Smith, Vogel & Wasserstein.

Links to various resources on history of several Asian countries including China, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, and Korea. Page provided by the University of Washington.