The History Highway: A 21st-century Guide to Internet Resources

by Dennis A. Trinkle, Dorothy Auchter, Scott A. Merriman, Todd E. Larson

Overview

Save yourself and your students hours of research time. Now extensively revised and expanded, "The History Highway" is widely recognized as the one essential tool for students, teachers and researchers seeking a reliable guide to history sites on the web. "The History Highway" offers the broadest, most current coverage of the astonishing amount of historical information available on the Internet: provides detailed, easy-to-use, and up-to-date information on more than 3000 web sites; covers U.S. and World history and all sub-fields; features ten new chapters, with coverage of futurism, environmental history, immigration history, and Mediterranean and Middle Eastern history; all sites have been thoroughly checked by specialists in the relevant field of history; the best sites in each field are clearly identified; hard cover and paperback editions include a CD of the entire contents with live links to sites; and e-book version with live links to sites is in preparation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315289595
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/05/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	704
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Dennis A. Trinkle, Scott A. Merriman

Table of Contents

Part I Getting Started; Chapter 1 The Basics, Dennis A. Trinkle; Chapter 2 Signing On, DennisA. Trinkle, Jessica Lacher-Feldman; Part II Internet Sites for Historians; Chapter 3 Futuring Methods, Practitioners, and Organizations, David J. Staley; Chapter 4 Future Issues, David J. Staley; Chapter 5 General History, Mary E. Chalmers; Chapter 6 Ancient History, TammyJo Eckhart; Chapter 7 Medieval History, Christopher A. Snyder; Chapter 8 Renaissance and Reformation History, Lisa R. Holliday; Chapter 9 African History, Elisabeth McMahon; Chapter 10 Middle Eastern History, Ranin Kazemi; Chapter 11 Asian History, Jeffrey G. Barlow; Chapter 12 Australian and New Zealand History, Christine de Matos; Chapter 13 Canadian History, David Calverley; Chapter 14 Latin and South American History, Kathleen A. Tobin; Chapter 15 European History; Chapter 16 United States History; Chapter 17 Women's History, Melissa Ooten; Chapter 18 World History, David Koeller; Chapter 19 History of Computers, Hugh Randall; Chapter 20 History of Science, Scott A. Merriman; Chapter 21 History of Technology, Mark McCallon; Chapter 22 Holocaust Studies, Anne Rothfeld; Chapter 23 Law, Civil Liberties, and Civil Rights History, Richard P. Mulcahy; Chapter 24 Modern Military History, S. Mike Pavelec; Chapter 25 Historiography, Ranin Kazemi; Chapter 26 Historic Preservation and Conservation, Anne Rothfeld; Chapter 27 Urban History, Martin V. Minner; Chapter 28 Living History and Historic Reenactment, Bambi L. Dingman, Jessie BishopPowellMerriman; Chapter 29 Genealogy, Samuel Dicks; Chapter 30 State and Provincial Historical Societies (Canada and United States), Thomas Saylor; Chapter 31 History Book Sources on the Internet, Mariah Hudson; Chapter 32 History and Social Studies Organizations, Stephen Kneeshaw; Chapter 33 Maps and Images, Martin V. Minner; Chapter 34 Resources for Teachers of History K–12 and College, Stephen Kneeshaw; Chapter 35 Electronic Journals, Jeremy Boggs; Chapter 36 Libraries, Jessie BishopPowellMerriman; Chapter 37 Archives and Manuscript Collections, Donnelly Lancaster; Chapter 38 Special Collections, Anne Rothfeld; Chapter 39 Digital Collections, Sarah Ferentinos, Jessie BishopPowellMerriman; Chapter 40 Archival Exhibitions Online, Jessica Lacher-Feldman; Chapter 41 Environmental History, David Calverley; Chapter 42 Immigration History, Pamela Grey; Chapter 43 Oral History, Thomas Saylor; Chapter 44 Business and Economic History, Mark McCallon; Chapter 45 Natural History, Lakita Edwards; Chapter 46 Popular Culture, Aaron Marcavitch; Chapter 47 Online Reference Desk, Anne Rothfeld;