http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/
This interlinked hypertext was first created in Spring 1999 by Virginia Commonwealth
University graduate students studying in Professor Ann Woodlief's class in Studies
in American Transcendentalism. It is a work in progress, and submissions of
papers, texts and notes on them, and links are welcomed.
http://www.transcendentalists.com/
We've organized this site to provide both original content and links to other
material on the internet for study of the Transcendentalists: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller and others.
http://www.transcendentalists.com/what.htm
What is Transcendentalism?
http://womenshistory.about.com/bltranscend.htm
an article by Jone Johnson Lewis, Women's History Guide It's a question that
many readers of my "Women in Transcendentalism" series have asked.
So I'll try to explain it here.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA95/finseth/trans.html
The emergence of the Transcendentalists as an identifiable movement took place
during the late 1820s and 1830s. This Essay traces its history.
http://www.concordma.com/magazine/nov98/trans.html
A magazine article on the early transcendentalists and their beliefs.
http://eserver.org/thoreau/amertran.html
An article by Ian Frederick Finseth
http://www.users.muohio.edu/mandellc/eng441/urllist.htm
Romanticism¹ On Line: A List of URLs
This document contains four sections:
1. A Note to Students
2. Romanticism¹ On Line
3. Works by Women Writers On Line
4. A Discussion of Some of these Resources in More Detail
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook15.html
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Covers all aspects of Romanticism.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/romanticism.html
Part of the ART Cyclopedia, this resource deals with Romantic art and artists.
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html
Historical Background for Romanticism.
http://www.ron.umontreal.ca/
Romanticism on the Net is an International Refereed Electronic Journal devoted
to British Romantic studies.
http://www.theatrehistory.com/french/romanticism001.html
The Rise of Romanticism. This document was originally published in The Drama:
Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization, vol. 9. ed. Alfred Bates.
London: Historical Publishing Company, 1906. pp. 1-10.
Don't get sucked into clicking on the advertisements.
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/intro.htm
American Romanticism (or the American Renaissance) Ann Woodlief's Introduction
http://www.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html
Realism and the realist novel.
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/realism.htm
Realism in American Literature, 1860 to 1890 - Broadly defined as "the
faithful representation of reality" or "verisimilitude," realism
is a literary technique practiced by many schools of writing.
http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c19th/realism.htm
The Art History of Realism
http://wwar.com/masters/movements/realism.html
Art History, Artists and their Biographies from the Realism movement.
http://www.callihan.com/art/realism.html
The Realism Art Gallery.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Periods_and_Movements/Realism/
Realism from the Google directory of Art and Literature.
http://www.ncteamericancollection.org/amer_realism.htm
A discussion of American Realism.
http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/2F55/realism.html
Some Notes on Realism - Brock University Department of English.
http://classiclit.about.com/od/naturalism/index.htm
This page from About.com gives five excellent links to naturalism in literature.
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0834997.html
Factmonster's article on Naturalism in literature. A good but brief starting
point. Originally from Columbia Encyclopedia.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568323/Naturalism_(literature).html
Encarta's article on Naturalism in literature. Limited, but OK as starting point.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv3-43
From the "Dictionary of History Ideas," this is a very extensive article
on Naturalism in Art from the University of Virginia.
http://www.academart.com/ichitovkin.htm
The home page of Denis Ichitovkin. Good examples of his naturalistic art.
Site blocked at school.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858278.html
The Infoplease article on Rationalism. Very brief but with authors listed as
a starting point.
http://radicalacademy.com/adiphilrationalism.htm
The Philosophy of Rationalism - presented by the Radical Academy. An in depth
look at five rationalist authors. The actual information must be scrolled down
to. This page takes a while to load, so be patient.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/atheism/types/rationalism.shtml
Atheism and Rationalism - presented by the BBC.
http://www.arthistoryclub.com/art_history/Rationalism
A brief but interesting description of rationalism by the web Art History Club.
http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/2F55/modernism.html
Some Attributes of Modernist Literature - Brock University Department of English
http://www.poetry-portal.com/styles3.html
Poetry Portal - What is Modernist Literature and who writes it?
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0856588.html
The Lost Generation and After - An Infoplease article.
http://www.answers.com/topic/modernist-literature
A very detailed look at
modernist literature by Answers.com.
http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_781528555/Modernism_(literature).html
Encarta's section on
Modernist Literature
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/modernist.html
Modernism in poetry
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html
The Internet Modern History Sourcebook on the Industrial Revolution. Lots of
links and lots of good material.
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture17a.html
Origins of the industrial revolution in England.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/industrialrev/
About.com's page on the Industrial Revolution. Some good info in their links.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/IndustrialRevolution/IndustrialRevolutionHome.html
A resource to connect students to many pages on the Industrial Revolution.
http://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-IndustrialRevolution.htm
Links to the Industrial Revolution and primary source documents.
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/ind_rev/images/indust.html.htm
Scenes and images from the Industrial Revolution.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart9.html
An outstanding historical study of the Civil Rights Era. This is part one. Part
two is linked to this page.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
Infoplease Civil Rights timeline. A good starting point for this topic.
http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/
An introduction to the Civil Rights Movement.
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html
CNN's historical outline of the events of the Civil Rights Movement. Includes
early historical events.
http://search.eb.com/blackhistory/micro/129/80.html
A multimedia presentation of the history of Civil Rights, with audio and video
clips.
http://www.ags.uci.edu/~skaufman/teaching/win2001ch4.htm
A University of California Irvine presentation of events during the Civil Rights
Movement with Links.
http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/jazzage.html#flapper
A professor of English at Pittsburgh State University has produced several sites
centering on the Jazz Age.
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
A pictorial history of this period. An outstanding multimedia presentation.
Very detailed.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
The Scopes (Monkey) Trial. One of the key events of the 20's.
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
The purpose of this web/library guide is to help the user gain a broad understanding
of the Roaring 1920s. Information on everything from Art & Architecture
to Theatre, Film & Radio!
http://www.rambova.com/fashion/fash4.html
Flapper Fashion from the 1920s. Traces how the fashion of this period developed.
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1920.htm
Lots of interesting info on the 1920's.
http://www.authentichistory.com/1920s.html
Pictures music and primary sources from the 1920's.
http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm
The Internet Guide to Jazz Age Slang. Where did these words come from?
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
The American Civil War Home Page. Truly an incredible resource. Sites covering
virtually every aspect of the war.
http://www.swcivilwar.com/
A series of pages that tell the story of the Civil War.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/
Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War. Another outstanding resource.
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
Dakota State University's Civil War Index.
http://www.civil-war.net/
A Civil War Home page with numerous links as well as predefined search terms.
http://mirkwood.ucs.indiana.edu/acw/
Civil War links provided by a technology worker at Indiana State University.
http://www.afroamcivilwar.org/
A museum and web page dedicated to black Americans who served during the Civil
War.
http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/
The generals of the Civil War. Kind of a cool site with hundreds of pictures.
http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
The History Place Civil War outline. Good resource background information.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtl.html
100 years toward suffrage. A timeline.
http://www.nmwh.org/exhibits/tour_1.html
An introduction to women's suffrage. This is a series of pages that covers numerous
aspects of the subject.
http://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/suffrage/
The suffrage movement in Great Britain.
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/suffrage/
The suffrage movement in Texas. A very unique look at this topic.
http://iaia.essortment.com/womenssuffrage_rcfa.htm
A rather lengthy article about women's suffrage. Lots of good information.
http://www.worldbook.com/features/whm/html/whm010.html
The World Book article on women and the right to vote.
http://www.history.com/exhibits/woman/main.html
The History Channel's look at women and the right to vote.
http://library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/guides/suffrage.html
The Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html
A presentation by the Library of Congress. This page and the next three pages
contain outstanding information.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html
A PBS presentation, Judgment Day, which begins with slavery on the south and
works rhrough the abolitionist movement, fugitive slaves, the spread west, and
the Civil War. A wonderful resource.
http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/whm2002/abolitn.html
Women in the abolitionist movement.
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html
Frederick Douglass, one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement.
http://americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/brief.htm
A not so brief history of the abolitionist movement. Covers the topic very well
with lots of background information and links.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm
The code talker World War II Fact Sheet. Produced by the US Navy. Includes a
dictionary listing of the words and translations used by the Navajos.
http://www.lapahie.com/NavajoCodeTalker.cfm
A daughter's web site dedicated to her father and the Code Talkers he served
with.
http://www.yvwiiusdinvnohii.net/history/usmccode.htm
A Brief History of the code talkers prepared by the Reference Section History
and Museums Division, USMC, May 14, 1982.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aihmcode1.html
The Infoplease page on code talkers. Good basic background.
http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/
History, pictures and background information on the Code Talkers and the Code
they used.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-4.htm
The Navajo Code Talker's Dictionary. Provided by the Department of the
Navy.
http://www.42explore2.com/japanese.htm
A very comprehensive web page with background, links, and projects. Outstanding
starting point.
http://www.janm.org/exhibits/breed/title.htm
The Japanese American National Museum web page.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/9066.htm
University of Utah private collection of photographs taken during the internment
at camps Tule and Topaz.
http://education.nebrwesleyan.edu/eisenhower/partsites/northeastpage/safarik/internmentpage.html
A page developed by a student at Nebraska Wesleyan University on the internment.
http://www.uwec.edu/Geography/Ivogeler/w188/life.htm
A personal account of life in the Topaz camp by Reiko Oshima Komoto.
http://www.densho.org/
A web page dedicated to keeping the debate open on what happened during the
Internment.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/menace-emerges.html
How communism became a threat to national security and the response taken by
the government.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/schrecker-age.html
Excerpts from the book The Age of MaCarthyism by Ellen Shrecker
.http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/dl/McCarthy/Mccarthydocuments.html
Letters and documents written by and to Senator Joe McCarthy.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/mccarthy/mccarthy.htm
Articles written about Joe McCarthy and his tactics.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/mccarthy-bio.html
A brief excerpt from Richard H. Rovere's Senator Joe McCarthy.
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Roosevelt_Eleanor/Hollywood_HUAC.html
Eleanor Roosevelt talks about what she sees happening in Hollywood in regards
to the House Un-American Activities Committee.
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/blacklist.html
The Hollywood black list.
http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/students/his3464y/grinberg+perry/mccarthyism.html
The effect of McCarthyism on American universities.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/
DiscoverySchool.com's presentation on the witch trials. Lots of informative
pages.
http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/
Court TV's presentation of the witch trials and their background.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM
A college web project on the Salem witchcraft trials.
http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
For the person who wants to look at the original transcripts. This site is excellent
for an in depth look.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm
Eyewitness to History presentation on the Salem Witch Trials.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/
National Geographic's web page on the witch trials.
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl310/witch.htm
The Gonzaga University presentation with links.
http://www.witchway.net/times/salem.html
Good background information on the trials and their origination.
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/connections_n2/great_depression.html
A timeline to the Great Depression. Very extensive.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul08.html
The Library of Congress Web page - Today in History, the depression.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761584403/Great_Depression_in_the_United_States.html
The Encarta article on the Great Depression in the United States.
http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GreatDepression.html
The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics article by Robert J. Samuelson
http://www.hoover.archives.gov/exhibits/Hooverstory/gallery06/gallery06.html
From the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, a look at the depression
from the point of view of Hoover's Archives.
http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/depr.html
A very extensive page on the depression put together by a Fresno teacher.
http://www.yorku.ca/nathanson/Links/links.htm
The Nathanson Center for the study of organized crime. This section links to a
great number of sites from ethnic gangs to motorcycle gangs.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/
Court TV's Crime Library of criminal minds and methods.
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/orgcrime/ocshome.htm
The FBI's Organized Crime page.
http://foia.fbi.gov/gangster.htm
The FBI's Gangster Era listing. Provided by the freedom of information act.
FBI documents relating to the gangsters of the 20's and 30's.
http://www.ganglandnews.com/
Jerry Capeci's Gang Land - a reporter for The New York Daily News shares his
wisdom from years of experience reporting on organized crime.
http://www.lawlessdecade.net/index-2.htm
A pictorial history of this period. An outstanding multimedia presentation.
Very detailed.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000247b.pdf
A .pdf file that details the rise and development of the Russian Mafia in the
US.