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Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA 
Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on 
a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their 
research project.

19th CENTURY IMPERIALISM

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog), located on the student desktop. Most materials on imperialism will be in books on British or European history in both the numbered and reference sections in the Media Center. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already have a topic, some of the subject headings you can look for are:

Imperialism.
History, Modern--19th century.
History, Modern--18th century.
World War, 1914-1918.
History, Modern--19th century.
History, Modern--18th century.
World War, 1914-1918.
Colonialism.
Colonization.

Some titles we have are:

325 
AGE		 The Age of Empires.  New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007.
325.32
SMI		 Smith, Bonnie G. Imperialism : A History in Documents. New York: Oxford 
University Press, 2000.
909
COC		 Cocker, Mark. Rivers of Blood, Rivers of Gold : Europe's Conquest of 
Indigenous Peoples. 1st American ed. New York: Grove Press, 2000.
956.04
BER		 Berberoglu, Berch. Turmoil in the Middle East : Imperialism, War, and 
Political Instability. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.
960.3
PAK		 Pakenham, Thomas. The Scramble for Africa: White Man's Conquest of 
the Dark Continent. New York: Avon Books, 1991.
973
ZIN		 Zinn, Howard. A People's History of American Empire. 1st ed. New York: Metropolitan, 2008.
REF 
320.3
PIO 		Pious, Richard M. Governments of the World : A Student Companion.  
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
REF
325.3 COL		 Colonialism: An International, Social, Cultural, and Political Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003.

SELECTED WEB SITES

Imperialism--Regents Prep: Global History
 http://regentsprep.org/Regents/global/themes/imperialism/index.cfm
Introduction to imperialism in India, China, Japan, Africa, etc.

Imperialism
 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook34.html
Extensive and fairly academic site containing links to primary source documents on imperialism 
throughout the world during the 19th century.

The New Imperialism
 http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron//World/NewImperialsim.html
Brief and informative timeline of major events during the age of Imperialism. Good for ideas 
for further research.

Imperialism and the Balance of Power
 http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm
This 1914 map illustrates the economic and political importance of European holdings throughout the world.

 Age of Imperialism
http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/toc.html
U.S. policy in late 19th and early 20th centuries.

COUNTRY INFORMATION

Country Studies--Library of Congress
 http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Atlapedia--Countries A to Z
 www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm

Countries of the World
 www.infoplease.com/countries.html

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

    InfoTrac® PowerSearch
     Contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and
     business references.  Try Reference Center Gold, Expanded Academic ASAP, and Gale 
     Biography In Context.

   eLibrary  [in library]  [from home]
     Full text database of magazine and newspaper articles, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and
     maps. Find full text, up-to-date, published articles.

    ProQuest (Massachusetts Newsstand)
     Newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current), 
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and ten other Massachusetts newspapers.

   Grolier Online  [in library]  [from home]
     2 electronic encyclopedias-- New Book of Knowledge and Grolier Multimedia
     Encyclopedia.  Articles in these encyclopedias link you to other articles and also to relevant
     Web sites where you can find more information on your topic.

 

CITING SOURCES

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the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.

Edited by Media Staff
09/22/04
Date last edited
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