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There is bound to be some
good info on your revolution on the library shelves. Don't
get too specific-- for this assignment a general reference source
such as an encyclopedia article will suffice, but you may want to
try something like the following:
| REF 904 HIS |
History in Dispute: The American
Revolution, 1763-1789 |
| REF 909.08 HIS |
History of the Modern World (a
series which will cover various revolutions) |
| REF 909.08 JOS |
World Eras (a series which
will cover various revolutions) |
| REF 973.3 ENC |
The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary
America |
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Library databases are your
guarantee of quality info written by scholars and people who check
facts. Use the databases the library pays for and provides.
This is what you will be doing in college for an A grade, so get
in the habit now. Remember the username and password if you
are accessing these from outside of school.
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Sometimes when you just use a general
search engine like Google you get mediocre and questionable web
sites. Here are some web sites I found using Librarians' Internet
Index. Try a keyword search using the NetTrekker and Lii.org
directories above to see if there are some quality web sites on
your revolution.
Liberty!
The American Revolution
Companion
to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary series "about
the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely
connected group of states to become a nation." Features a timeline
(from 1760, when George III ascended the throne, through 1791),
details about defining events (such as the Boston Tea Party, 1773,
and the Declaration of Independence, 1776), material about daily
life and the military in the Colonies, and more.
URL: http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
The
Story of the Revolution
Short
history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution in which
Muslim fundamentalists, under the leadership of the Ayatollah Khomeini,
overthrew Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Includes brief biographies
of some of the participants (Bakhtiar Shahpour, Bani-Sadr, Bazargan,
and others) as well as audio clips (in Farsi with English transcripts)
of comments made by them on the BBC Persian Service program.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/revolution/
Cornell
University Library: French Revolution
This
site describes the French Revolution materials
at the Cornell University Library Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections. "The collection is strongest in the areas of economy
and finance, the Revolutionary government, and
Revolutionary culture, with unusual strength in
popular culture." Digitized sample materials are available
for three of the four collections described on this site.
URL: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/collections/frenchrev.html
Selected
Internet Resources: The Hungarian Revolution of
1956
The
year 2006 "marks the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution
of 1956. This page provides [annotated] links to sites
commemorating the event or providing resources for research."
Most links are available in English; a few (noted on site) are only
in Hungarian. From the Library of Congress Area Studies European
Division.
URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/european/hungary/resources/hu-1956.html
Morning
Sun: A Film and Website About the Cultural Revolution
This
website "reflect[s] on the origins and history of the [Chinese]
Cultural Revolution (c.1964-1976)." Features
the opportunity to "experience the sights and sounds of Chinese
culture in the 1960s, through radio, TV, and movies," material
about the Red guards, images of Mao buttons and other artifacts,
and much more. In English and Chinese. A presentation of the Independent
Television Service (ITVS) and the Center for Asian American Media
(formerly NAATA).
URL: http://www.morningsun.org/
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