World history and W Guide - Resources and Review

Biography is devoted to the subject of interesting lives in all forms, including books, television, games, general biographical information. Includes an online database of 15000 notable individual biographies. Also features video clips of some subjects.
 
Provides an introduction to economic history from the end of WWII to the present day, illustrating how events brought us to our current state of economic development.
 
Short historical biographies of royals who developed extreme forms of egocentricity, psychosis, megalomania, and paranoia, and displayed a lack of empathy for their subjects. Includes details of the personal lives of Charles VI, 'Mad King' George III, Nabonidus of Babylon, and Charles II 'The Bewitched' of Spain.
 
Primary documents and annotated links relating to twentieth
century genocide. Topics covered include The Jewish Holocaust, War Crimes and Criminals, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Burundi, Vietnam, and World War II. Definitions and controversies of genocide are included.
 
Brief biographical notes on over 1800 notable celebrities who have died.
 
Comprehensive resource containing thousands of full text documents, articles, and links to Web pages concerning aspects of world and political history from the 12th century to the present day.
 
Selected Internet resources for National Curriculum Key Stages Two, Three and Four. Includes topics such as Medieval Realms, Life in Tudor Times and The Twentieth
Century World.
 
Full text publication tracing the history of tattooing around the world. Includes chapters describing tattoo history in Polynesia, Borneo, Samoa, the Marquesas, New Zealand, Japan, North America, South America, France, England, and the US. Additional chapters offer information about tattooed mummies, a famous tattooed individual named Giolo, tattooing in the circus, and views held by psychiatrists, Jews, and Christians.
 
The range of the Society's interests covers a wide field from archaeology of all periods and all countries to heraldry, art history, architectural history and other subjects based on the study of the material remains of the past. Information on publications, grants and bursaries and conditions of membership.
 
Comprehensive index covering many branches of history from agriculture and ancient history to war, literature, and the arts.
 
Alphabetical list of history journals and newsletters with details of whether full text or selected articles are available. Emphasis on business, economic and social history.
 
Regional and cross
cultural chronologies designed for use in history lessons. Describes ancient times, civilisations, kingdoms, eras, and political conditions of Africa, India, the Mediterranean, Western Asia and the Middle East, China and Eastern Asia, Western and Central Europe, Russia and Eastern Europe, Central, North and South America, and the United States. Also considers the historical sequence of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Western civilisation, and technology.
 
Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th Century, with profiles of some of the century's most influential leaders and revolutionaries. Includes a timeline of each personality and a timeline of the century.
 
A listing of history resources covering ancient civilisations and countries worldwide. Contains specific material on the history of aviation, computers, mathematics, medicine, science, and technology, together with links to archives, libraries, and museums containing historical material.
 
Extensive reference work containing recent basic information about every country in the world, including details of geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co
ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
Searchable and browsable assemblage of images taken from books, newspapers and magazines, as well as photographs, prints and postcards. Material is arranged in categories such as American history, costume, New York City, pioneer life, shoes, and snakes.
 
Collection of links to timelines of past and fictional future events in the fields of history and culture, science and technology, art and literature, popular culture and current events, and science fiction. Specific entries include the Suffrage Movement Timeline, Titantic's Chronology of Main Events, a Space Program Timeline, and a Chronology of Japan's Fine Arts.
 
Provides a black history datebook and calendar, with facts for each day and biographies of famous black men and women.
 
Second
hand bookseller of historical titles. Stock is browsable by subject category.
 
Articles on politics, religion, science, sport, cinema and the arts, wars, discoveries, adventures and disasters.
 
Historical and cultural information on Easter Island, Nazca Lines, and Stonehenge. Offers information on the construction and preservation of statues, and describes deities and pilgrimages associated with Nazca lines. Also features a slideshow of structures.
 
Index of more than 10000 biographies of prominent public figures, including politicians, authors and entertainment celebrities, which can be searched by key word but not browsed.
 
Set of documents providing information about the history of specific countries, times and places. Areas of history such as medicine and science are also covered.
 
Displays 3000 years of world history with a combination of colourful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.
 
Journal intended to present and disseminate historical multimedia projects, provide a forum for multimedia research in all fields of history, and offer reviews which contain audio and video samples.
 
Offers original articles and features about the 20th Century, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Includes archives, art and architecture, and media and popular culture. Covers many significant events of the period including the First and Second World Wars, the Russian Revolution, the Depression, and the Cold War.
 
Information and articles on psychohistory, the science of historical motivation which combines the insights of modern psychotherapy with the research methodology of history and the social sciences.
 
Offers original articles and features about the 19th Century, plus annotated links to selected relevant Internet resources, compiled by a subject specialist, a subject
specific bulletin board, and details of related news and events. Topics include emigration, slavery, technology, art, literature, and music.
 
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