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Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Studying History
See Main Page for a guide
to all contents of all sections.
Contents
Introduction:
Using Primary Sources
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Close Reading
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Nature of Historiography
- The Uses of History
- Ancient Theories
- 19th Century Philosophies of History
- Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744-1803): Materials for
the Philosophy of the History of Mankind, 1784 [At this Site]
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (17621814): Addresses to the German
Nation, 1806 [At this Site]
Political nationalism as a response to Napoleon.
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (17621814): Address To The German
Nation [At this Site]
- G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831): Introduction to the Lectures on the Philosophy of History,(1840 edition) [Was At WSU, now Internet Archive]
- G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831): The Dialectic of History,
1812-1820, an epitome [At this Site]
- Thomas Carlyle: The Great Man Theory of History (1840), excerpts from Lectures on Heroes [At this Site]
- Thomas Macaulay: The Whig View of British History, from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 (1848) [At this Site]
- Karl Marx (1818-83): Scientific Socialism, 1844-1875, an
epitome [At this Site]
- George V. Plekhanov: The Role of the
Individual in History [At Artbin] [Internet Archive version here]
- Thomas DeQuincey: Literature of Knowledge and Knowledge of Power, 1848 [Was At UFL, now Internet Archive]
- Professional Theories
- History and Epistemology
- Louis O.Mink: Modes of Comprehension and the Unity of Knowledge in Historical Understanding, ed. Brian
Fay, Eugene O. Golob, and Richard T. Vann. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press,
1987, pp. 35-41. From Proceedings of the Xllth International Congress of Philosophy
(Firenze: Sansoni Editore, 1960) V, 41 1-17 [Was At UFL, now Internet Archive]
- History and Anthropology
- History and Identity Politics
- Post-Modern Theories
- Roland Barthes: The Discourse of History, Comparative Criticism 3 (1981): 7-20 [Was At UFL, now Internet Archive]
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Roland Barthes: Myth Today [Was At
Washtington U./St.Louis, now Internet Archive]
- Misc. Discussions
- Lynne V. Cheney: Politics
in the Classroom [At HistoryPlace] [Modern Opinion Piece] [Conservative] [Internet Archive version here]
- The Nature of History: A Debate between Marc
Trachtenberg and James M. Banner, Jr., 1998 [At this Site]
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Natalie Zemon Davis: "Any
Resemblance to Persons Living or Dead": Film and the Challenge of Authenticity, The
Yale Review, 86 (1986-87): 457-82. [At Stanford] [Internet Archive version here]
- Samuel P. Huntington: The West Unique: Not Universal, Foreign Affairs 75/6, Nov-Dec 96 [Was At Colorado, now Internet Archive]
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Brave New World or Blind Alley? American History on the World Wide Web, Journal Of American History, (June 1997) [Was At
GMU, now Internet Archive]
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Other Sources Information on
Modern History
Period/subject specific sources are indicated throughout this site. Under this heading are
links to wide-ranging reference, text, and image source collections.
- REFERENCE
- WEB Virtual
Reference Desk
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WEB Wikipedia
When the Internet History Sourcebooks Project began in 1999 Wikipedia was still foure years in the future (2001). Although it is easy to dunk on Wikipedia, it now is quite superb in presenting in a clear an consistent format basic information which is backed up by references and citations. Wikipedia also contains a lot of wonderful maps and a large number of the high quality images of art, architecture, and so on that lecturers used to scramble to find for PowerPoints etc. It is never the place to end research but it can be a good place to begin.
- TEXTS
It its possible to search most of these respositories simultaneously from the Search Page
- General Guides to Net Text
These sites link to texts online at other sites.
- General Etext Projects
These sites put texts online.
- Economics
- Library of Economic
Thought [At McMaster] or British
Mirror Site [At Bristol]
A very large collecttion of public domain texts, based on a wide definition of
"economic thought". The texts are too large for class assignments, but a
goldmine for preparation of shorter handouts.
- Law
- Military
- Documents in Military History [Was At Hillsdale, now Internet Archive]
A wide-ranging collection of short and excerpted texts describing warfare and its effects.
- Religion
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Music Lyrics
- Western Civilization/Europe
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American/United States History
- Latin American History
- MAPS, IMAGES, and MULTIMEDIA
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Student Papers and
Projects
Examples of Student Papers: The following papers, posted with the consent of the authors, are all good (not
perfect) examples of student papers from introductory classes. Let me remind readers that
it is plagiarism to hand in one of these papers as yours.
NOTES:
The Internet Modern Sourcebook is part of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project. The date of inception was
9/22/1997. Links to files at other site are indicated by [At some indication of the site
name or location]. Locally available texts are marked by [At this Site]. WEB indicates a link to one of small
number of high quality web sites which provide either more texts or an especially valuable
overview.
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is located at the History Department of Fordham University, New York. The Internet
Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the project, are located at
the Fordham University Center
for Medieval Studies.The IHSP recognizes the contribution of Fordham University, the
Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in
providing web space and server support for the project. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University. Although the IHSP seeks to follow all applicable copyright law, Fordham University is not
the institutional owner, and is not liable as the result of any legal action.
© Site Concept and Design: Paul Halsall created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 20 Oct 2025 [CV]
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