World History Matters A Student Guide to World History Online

by Lehner, Kristin; Schrum, Kelly; Kelly, T. Mills

• ISBN13: 9780312485825
• ISBN10: 0312485824
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Based on the popular "World History Matters" Web site produced by the Center for History and New Media, this unique resource combines reviews of 150 of the most useful and reliable world history Web sites with an introduction that guides students in locating, evaluating, and correctly citing online sources. Chosen and annotated by a group of Internet-savvy scholars, the Web sites offer opportunities for researching broad themes as well as special topics and regions. They feature a range of sources, including primary documents, maps, art, photographs, statistics, and audio and video recordings. The informative introduction and intelligent apparatus help students make the most of these resources.

Author Biography

Kristin Lehner is a graduate student in African history at Johns Hopkins University, where her research focuses on health and development in twentieth-century West Africa. Prior to attending Johns Hopkins, she worked for three years at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University as World History Projects Manager developing the Web sites World History Matters and Women in World History.

Kelly Schrum is Director of Educational Projects at the Center for History and New Media and Associate Research Professor in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University. Schrum is co-director of the Web sites World History Sources, Women in World History, Making the History of 1989, and Children and Youth in World History, and is the author of Some Wore Bobby Sox: The Emergence of Teenage Girls’ Culture, 1920-1950. Other publications include History Matters: A Student Guide to U.S. History Online.

T. Mills Kelly is Associate Director of the Center for History and New Media and Associate Professor of History at George Mason University. He is a specialist in late-Habsburg history with a focus on radical Czech nationalism and is the author of Without Remorse: Czech National Socialism in Late-Habsburg Austria. His most recent article is titled "Tomorrow's Yesterdays: Teaching History in the Digital Age."

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
An Introduction to World History Research Online	p. 1
Evaluating Websites	p. 4
Who Created the Website?	p. 4
Where Did the Sources on the Website Come From?	p. 6
Have the Sources Been Altered in Any Way?	p. 6
How Current is the Website?	p. 8
Does the Website Present a Particular Perspective, Bias, or Agenda?	p. 8
Web 2.0	p. 9
Working with Online Primary and Secondary Sources	p. 12
Search Tips and Further Resources	p. 15
Using Search Engines Effectively	p. 15
A Word About Plagiarism	p. 18
Citing Online Sources	p. 20
Using This Guide	p. 22
Key to the Icons	p. 24
A Selection of Top World History Websites	p. 25
General Websites for World History Research	p. 25
World History Websites by Time Period	p. 32
The Beginnings of Human Society Through 1000 B.C.E.	p. 32
Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 B.C.E.-300 C.E.	p. 37
Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300-1000 C.E.	p. 40
Intensified Hemispheric Interactions, 1000-1500 C.E.	p. 44
Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770	p. 51
An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914	p. 61
A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945	p. 80
Promises and Paradoxes: The World Since 1945	p. 95
A Glossary of Common Internet Terms	p. 107
Alphabetical List of Websites Reviewed	p. 113
Index	p. 119
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