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World History Since 1500 - HIST 112a Resource Guide: Welcome

This course surveys the major developments that have shaped the human experience since around 1500 CE.

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This resource guide was designed to provide you with assistance in locating good sources of informtion as you do research on world history.To navigate this guide, click on the tabs above, or the Table of Contents below. Tabs with a down arrow have subpages under them. If you need help, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Find Articles
Includes newspaper and journal databases.
Find Books
Includes a to our catalog and suggested books at our library.
Find E-Books
Includes suggested e-books and e-book databases.
Periods of History : Part I
“The Early Modern World, 1450-1750” explores the intensification of global connections established by 1500 C.E., and the resultant expansion of European influence and power globally.
Periods of History: Part 2
“The European Moment in World History, 1750-1914”, explores the political and socio-economic revolutions which accompanied this period of European expansion, and also the reactions of civilizations which encountered this expansion.
Periods of History: Part 3
“The Most Recent Century, 1914- Present” explores the world in the aftermath of European hegemony, focusing especially on new forms of postwar globalization.
Primary Sources
Includes links to primary sources.
Videos
Includes streaming videos including archival films and newsreels and videos from History.com.

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Selected E-Books

Concise Atlas of World History, Andromeda
Call Number: Credo Reference
The Encyclopedia of World History by Peter N. Stearns
Call Number: Credo Reference
Publication Date: 2001
National Geographic Almanac of World History by Patricia S. Daniels
Call Number: Credo Reference
ISBN: 9781785391101
Publication Date: 2014
Places of Encounter : Time, Place, and Connectivity in World History Since 1500 by Aran MacKinnon
Call Number: Credo Reference
Publication Date: 2012
World History Encyclopedia by Andrea, Alfred J.
Call Number: Gale Virtual Reference Library
ISBN: 9781851099290
Publication Date: 2011

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