A World Event of the 1870s: Storytelling / Marsden

Print Resources Use books like the following titles to pinpoint key events and areas that you might be interested in from the 1870s.   306.097 SHR  The Gilded Age / Joel Shrock.       609 BUN  The timetables of technology       902.02 BRO  Timelines of war : a chronology of warfare from the 100,000 B.C. to the present       902.02 GRU  The timetables of history : a horizontal linkage of people and events       973.8 BOA  America and the Gilded Age: 1876-1900.       973.8 SHI  Victorian America, 1876 to 1913 / Crandall A. Shifflett.       973.91 RUG  America's Gilded Age : intimate portraits from an era of extravagance and change, 1850-1890       REF 509 HEL  The timetables of science : a chronology of the most important people and events in the history of scien       REF 902.02 TEE  Timelines of world history / John B. Teeple.       REF 909 GRE  Great events from history. The 19th century, 1801-1900       REF 973.02 TIM  The timetables of American history             REF 973.08 ANN  The Annals of America

Find further information on your chosen topic/event by looking for more detailed info in a book.  Look for eyewitness accounts, narratives, diary entries, etc.

 
Online Resources
Check one or more of the databases below to find more information.

	Use the chronology feature and narrow to your decade.  Check for primary sources (firsthand accounts of events from that decade).
	Search the New York Times, considered America's "newspaper of record".  Coverage goes back to 1851, so tailor your search to the 1870s.

Updated: 26-Aug-2008