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General Asian History Resources |
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Loni Ding Ancestors in the Americas (virtual exhibit tied to series, focused on Asian immigration to America) (Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA) |
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The Ancient East Asia Website (articles on Chinese, Japanese, and Korean archaeology, plus news, and a large link page on archaeology) (Simon Holledge) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: The History of East and Southeast Asia (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library ("collaborative project providing an up-to-date hypertext map and a seamless access tool to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems") (T. Matthew Ciolek, Australian National U.) |
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Central Asia History General Resources |
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H.B. Paksoy ALPAMYSH: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule (historical and political uses of literature; the case of ALPAMSYH) |
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Central Asian Monuments (links to academic monographs on key Eurasian texts, on varying subjects) (H.B. Paskoy) |
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Slavic Research Center: Useful Links (links on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, arranged by subject) (Slavic Research Center, Hokkaido U.) |
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The Coins and History of Asia (virtual exhibits on coins, including the Near and Far East) (T. K. Mallon-McCorgray) |
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International Dunhuang Project (multi-institutional project with database for manuscripts from Silk Road sites, with bibliographies, maps, and photos for context) (International Dunhuang Project) |
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Finding World History: East Asia (annotated links) (George Mason U.) |
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The Historical Text Archive: Asia Page (Don Mabry, Mississippi St. U) |
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Maps of Asia (Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, UT Austin) |
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History of Mathematics in Asia (links to images of calendars and an article on Chinese mathematics, plus images and overview) (Saxakali.com) |
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R. Bin Wong (U. California, Irvine) "R. Bin Wong Examines Asia's Place in World History" (video of lecture at East Asian Institute, Columbia U.) |
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World History Archives: Asia (history with a working-class focus) (Haines Brown, Central Connecticut State U.)) |
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The First Anglo-Afghan War (article on causes, followed by articles on battles) (Alex's Military History) |
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Armenian Research Center (articles, links arranged by subject, with a special section on the Armenian Genocide) (U. of Michigan-Dearborn) |
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A Country Study: Bangladesh (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (James Heitzman and Robert Worden, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Bhutan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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A Country Study: Bhutan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Burma (Myanmar): History and Culture (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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China |
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General Resources |
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Chinese History (to Qing Dynasty) (general historical links, arranged by time period, to 1911) (East Asian Library, U. Southern California) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: China: History (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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China Historical Geographic Information System (CHGIS) (collaborative project with objective to "create a flexible tool that can be used to investigate any sort of geographically specific data related to China, involving numerous universities) (Yenching Institute, Harvard U., et. al.) |
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A Country Study: China (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert L. Worden, Andrea Matles Savada and Ronald E. Dolan, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Colin Chinnery The History of Chinese Bookbinding (images and articles) (International Dunhuang Project) |
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Chimed: The History of Chinese Medicine (links and articles, program information, and more) (Albion C.) |
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Classical Historiography for Chinese History (articles and bibliographies) (Benjamin A. Elman, U. California, Los Angeles and Princeton U.) |
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Classified Bibliography of Reference Works on Chinese Historical Geography (bibliographies, arranged by subject) (Thomas H. Hahn, Cornell U.) |
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Concise Political History of China (annotated timeline, with material compiled from Compton's Living Encyclopediawithin larger Chinese Cultural Studies site) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Condensed China: Chinese History for Beginners (articles, arranged by time period) (Paul Frankenstein) |
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Era and Timeline of Chinese History (in Chinese and in English; requires Chinese character capability to see pages correctly) (Seke Wei) |
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The Fairbanks Chinese History Virtual Library (virtual exhibits, with historical analysis)(Robert Gray, U. of Michigan) |
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Global History Consortium: China (articles and links on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Barend J. ter Haar's Website (includes bibliographies on Violence, Protest, and other topics in Chinese History) (Barend J. ter Haar, U. Leiden) |
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Paul Halsall (U. North Florida) Chinese Culture (Brooklyn College course web-site, with links to articles and images) |
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Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (annotated links on all subjects, part of WWW Virtual Library) (Hanno E. Lecher, Leiden U., Netherlands) |
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A Country Study: Macau (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert L. Worden, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Historical Maps of China (part of the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) (U. Texas, Austin) |
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Taiwan Maps (from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) (U. Texas, Austin) |
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the National Museum of China (virtual exhibitions, in Chinese and in English) Beijing, China) |
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Leon Poon (U. of Maryland) History of China (sections with a timeline and with articles arranged by topic) |
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China (images and multimedia resources, includes "bibliographies" section with numerous resources on Chinese culture and history) (Marilyn Shea, U. Maine, Farmington) |
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Silk Road Seattle (virtual exhibits, including maps and articles, exploring the Silk Road to the 17th Century) (Daniel C. Waugh, U. Washington) |
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Ancient and Early Imperial China |
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Ancient China: The Middle Kingdom (links to articles, arranged by subject and period) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Ancient Dynasties (1 of 2 overview article and image pages on Ancient Dynasties, within larger history of China site) |
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Centre for Hong Kong Prehistory (introduction, bibliography) (U. of Hong Kong) |
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The Chou, 1050-256 BC (overview, within the World Civilizations: China: The Middle Kingdom pages) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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The Coins and History of Ancient China (virtual exhibits) (T. K. Mallon-McCorgray) |
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China: History (article on early China) (Robert Crowley, U. Illinois, Springfield) |
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Rinn-Sup Shinn and Robert L. Worden History of China: The Ancient Dynasties (article and images, with link to 2nd page on dynasties, within larger History of China site) (Leon Poon, U. Maryland) |
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The Chinese Empire: The Middle Kingdom (articles arranged by subject) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Emuseum: China (timeline on ancient and imperial Chinese periods, with articles and maps) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Han Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The Imperial Era: The First Imperial Period (overview article and images, within larger history of China site) |
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The Development of Mathematics in Ancient China (article with images and tables) (Saxakali.com) |
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Barbara Bennett Patterson (Oregon State U.) Dutiful Daughters: Seven Moral Exemplars in Chinese History (essay about the use of women as figures for ethical instruction in early Chinese history) |
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Warring State Project ("a center and international contact point for research on China's classical period (the 05th through 03rd centuries," includes project description, other resources) (U. Massachusetts, Amherst) |
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Zhou Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Classical Imperial China |
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Emuseum: China (timeline on ancient and imperial Chinese periods, with articles and maps) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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The Northern and Southern Song dynasties (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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T'ang Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Yuan and Ming Dynasties (1279-1644) |
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The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) |
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Ming Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The Imperial Era: The Mongolian Interlude (overview article and images, within larger history of China site) |
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The Mongols |
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The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) |
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Reuven Amitai-Preiss "Mamluks and Mongols: an overview" (1995) (etext from larger book) |
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Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits) (U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar) |
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Mike Edwards and Jim Stanfield (National Geographic Society) The Land of Genghis Khan (photographic essay, maps, legacy of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia) |
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S. A. M. Adshead "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" (etext of selection form larger book on Central Asia) |
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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) |
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Formosa (virtual exhibit on 19th century Taiwan through Western eyes, with maps, timelines, and more) (Reed C., Portland, OR) |
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The Opium Wars |
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Digital China: The Opium War (overview, links to primary sources and other sites) (Harvard Law School) |
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China: The First Opium War (overview, image, and prmary document) (Joseph V. O'Brien, John Jay C. of Criminal Justice, NY) |
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Windows on Asia: History of Hong Kong (overview of cession of Hong Kong to Britain due to Chinese military defeat) (Michigan State U.) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) The Opium Wars (overview article, within the World Civilizations pages devoted to Chinese history) |
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Sigrid Schmalzer (U. California, San Diego) Review of Arthur Waley, The Opium War through Chinese Eyes (1958) |
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Cameron Campbell (U. California, Los Angeles) and James Lee (Cal. tech) Papers on Chinese Population and Social History (papers in.pdf format, covering c.1750-1909) (U. California, Los Angeles) |
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The Qing Dynasty (articles and links, arranged by topic, within the John Fairbank memorial Chinese History Virtual Library) (Robert Gray, U. of Michigan) |
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Qing Dynasty (overview article and images, within larger site on ancient and imperial China) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject) |
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Shimonoseki Armistice, March 30, 1895 (transcription, in English) (Center for East Asian Studies, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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S. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (U. Heidelberg) and Marilyn A. Levine (Lewis-Clark State C.) Historical Survey: Sino-Japanese War (overview and images, within electronic course on Chinese history) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Emergence of Modern China: The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-64 (overview article, within larger history of China site) |
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Modern China |
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General Resources |
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Modern Chinese History: A Basic Bibliography (texts arranged by subject and by time period) (Brent Irvin, U. California San Diego) |
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Chinese History Research Site (includes articles, reviews, and other resources; maintained by graduate students in Modern Chinese History Program) (U. California, San Diego) |
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Historical Society for 20th Century China (society homepage, information) |
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The Boxer Rebellion |
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Fei Ch'i-hao The Boxer Rebellion, 1900 (English translation of Chinese historical text, within Paul Halsall's Modern History Sourcebook) |
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Boxer Uprising: China, 1900-1901 (historical overview, photos, and short bibliography) (Australian War Memorial, Canberra) |
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The Boxer Rebllion (historical overview and images) (J. Buschini, Small Planet Communications.com) |
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The Centennial of the Boxer Rebellion (article and images) (Yale U. Library) |
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John W. Guy "Role of the United States Marines During the Relief of Peking, The Boxer Rebellion - 1900" (article and images) (U. San Diego) |
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George Odgers War Against the Boxers (historical overview and photos, with emphasis on Australian participation) |
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Boxer Rebellion (Third China War) 1900 (articles, maps, bibliography, and links) (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org) |
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The Boxer Rebellion, 1900: A Selection of Prints, Books and Photographs (Frances Wood, British Library, London) |
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Historical Chinese Language Materials in British Columbia: An Electronic Inventory (database) (U. British Columbia) |
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Chinese Canadian Historical Photo Exhibit (19th c. photos) (Chinese Canadian National COuncil, Toronto) |
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The Cultural Revolution |
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The Cultural Revolution as History (book reviews and articles by graduate students) (U. California, San Diego) |
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The Cultural Revolution: Bibliography (within larger site on Chinese history) (Marilyn Shea, U. Maine) |
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Virtual Museum of the 'Cultural Revolution' (in Chinese or in English; articles and images, arranged by subject, in developing database)(China News Digest, International) |
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Picturing Power: Posters of the Cultural Revolution (online exhibit of collection originally arranged by U. Westminster and Indiana U.) (Ohio State U.) |
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John Fairbank Memorial Chinese History Virtual Library: Modern (articles and images, from the Qing Period to the present) (Robert Gray, U. Michigan) |
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Frederick S. Litten (I. for the History of Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-U., Munich) 'The CCP and the Fujian Rebellion" (essay in translation of thesis on Communist involvement in 1930's insurgency) (1988) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Hong Kong: History (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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Indo-Chinese War (1962) |
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Official 1962 War History (pdf articles) (History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India) |
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Neville Maxwell India's China War (full e-text, arranged by chapter) |
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Indo-China War, 1962 (tables, links to articles arranged by topic0 (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org) |
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War in the Himalayas: 1962 Indo-Sino Conflict (articles, images, military history)(Bharat Rakshak) |
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Indo-China War of 1962 (historical overview) (John Pike, Global Security.org) |
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A Modern Chinese History Virtual Library |
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Homepage (Robert Gray / Fairbank Chinese History Library, Harvard U.) |
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People's Republic of China (1949-present) |
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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) |
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Republican Era (1912-1949) |
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The Hedda Morrison Photographs, 1933-46 (Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard U.) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) The People's Republic of China (1 of a series of overview articles on Communist China, within larger history of China site) |
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Bibliography of Photo Albums and Materials related to Photography in China and Tibet before 1949 (includes images) (Thomas H. Hahn, COrnell U.) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China (1 of a series of overview articles on Republican China, within larger history of China site) |
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Separate Lives, Broken Dreams: Saga of Chinese Immigration (discussion of U.S. Chinese Exclusion Act, links to related resources) (National Asian American Telecommunication Association) |
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Shanghai in Images: A Historical Photographic Database (in English or French) (I. of East Asian Studies, Lyon U., and Center for Chinese Studies, U. California, Berkeley) |
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The Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45) |
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Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, 1937-38 (Chiu-yee Cheung, Hong Kong) |
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Nanking 1937: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre (virtual exhibit, including historical articles and images) (Princeton U.) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China: Anti-Japanese War (overview article, within larger history of China site) |
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Shanghai 1937: Photographs of Karl Kengelbacher (over 100 photos of a four-month period of the war in Shanghai) (Peter Kengelbacher, and Schauwecker's Guide to Japan) |
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A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.) |
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Headland, Isaac Taylor Court Life in China (1909) (full etext, within U. Virginia's electronic text collections) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: East Timor: History and Culture (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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India and Pakistan |
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General Resources |
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Internet Indian History Sourcebook (links to primary and secondary sources, arranged by topic and by period) (Paul Halsall, Fordham U.) |
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An Outline of Jain History (items listed, with links to articles and related external sites) (Yashwat K. Malaiya, Colorado State U.) |
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Kamat's Potpourri: Timeline of India (items arranged by chronological period, with items linked to articles, plus images) (Krishnanand Kamat, et. al) |
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South Asian HIstory: India (links, arranged by period) (U. California, Berkeley Library) |
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MANAS: Indian History and Politics (Vinay Lal, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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(Vinay Lal, U. California, Los Angeles) MANAS: (extensive site, with sections on history, culture, and religion) |
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The Mughal Empire |
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Ancient India |
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British India |
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Mahatma Gandhi |
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A Country Study: Pakistan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Peter Blood, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Kelley L. Ross (Los Angeles Valley C.) Emperors of the Sangoku, the "Three Kingdoms," of India, China, & Japan (article covering the general history of rule in these countries, with images, tables, and maps) |
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South Asian History: Pages from the History of the Indian Sub-Continent (links to articles, book reviews, and more, arranged by topic; within a larger South asian History site) (Shishir Thadani) |
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Ancient India |
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Ancient India (general resources) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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South Asian History: Ancient India (links arranged by topic) (U. California, Berkeley) |
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Sudheer Birodkar Ancient India's Contribution to Our World's Material (Temporal) Culture (e-book, with chapters on ancient technology, science, and culture, with numerou simages and citations within each article) |
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The British Museum: Ancient India (virtual exhibit, arranged by topic) |
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Books (Related to Indus Valley Civilization) (bibliography) (Harappa.com) |
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Historical Atlas of Ancient India (within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Steve Muhlberger (Nipissing U., North Bay, ON) Democracy in Ancient India (essay) (1998) |
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Nupam's Page for the Indian Coins (images of coins, with an emphasis on ancient India, along with discussion) (Nupam Mahajan, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
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S. Kalyanaraman "Sarasvati-Sindhu Civilization (c. 3000 B.C.)" (monograph on the Sarasvati-Sindhu and other civilizations, with a focus on geographical analysis of the river) |
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Medieval India |
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Alexander in India (within a larger Alexander site) (Jed Untereker, James Kossuth, and Bill Kelsey |
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Vasco de Gama Round Africa to India, 1497-1498 CE (translation; within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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South Asian History: Medieval India (links, arranged by topic and time period) (U. California, Berkeley Library) |
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The Mughals (various resources for historical investigation) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Colonial India |
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The First Anglo-Afghan War (article on causes, followed by articles on battles) (Alex's Military History) |
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Manas: Primary Documents for the Study of Indian HIstory, 1890-2000 (bibliiographies, arranged by topic) (Vinay Lal, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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Sudheer Birodkar Hindu History: The British Come to Rule India and the Return of Indian Sovereignty (historical overview, including images) |
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British Voices in South Asia (virtual exhibit on colonial India, including articles and images, arranged by topic) (Rosan Augusta Jordan and Frank de Caro, Louisiana State U.) |
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Edmund Burke "Speech in Commons on India, 1783" (within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Robert Clive "Speech in Commons on India, 1772" (within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Colonial India (extensive set of links, arranged by topic) (U. California, Berkeley) |
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Digital Colonial Documents (multi-institutional project aimed at virtual archive of colonial documents; site still under construction, but numerous items online) (La Trobe U.) |
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Colonial India, Gandhi, and Eventual Independence (overview, links to texts and images; part of the Postcolonial Literary Dialogues web site at Western Michigan U.) (Josh Zuiderveen) |
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John Hobson "Imperialism" (1902) (economics article, within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Thomas Babington Macaulay, "On Empire and Education" (selections) (Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U. / Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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George Macauley Minute on Indian Education (1835) |
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Robert Clive "The Battle of Plassey, 1757" (within the Internet Modern History Sourcebook at Fordham U.) (Paul Halsall, U. North Florida) |
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Queen Victoria's Empire: Passage to India (virtual exhibit within PBS's Empires series companion site) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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Digital South Asia Library: Statistics (statistics for British colonial India) (U. Chicago) |
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Trading Places: The East India Company & Asia, 1600-1834 (virtual exhibit) (the British Libray, London) |
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Victorian and Pre-Victorian Colonial India: An Overview (articles, primary sources, including literature) (Victorian Web) |
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Modern India |
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Indo-Chinese War (1962) |
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Official 1962 War History (pdf articles) (History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India) |
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Neville Maxwell India's China War (full e-text, arranged by chapter) |
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Indo-China War, 1962 (tables, links to articles arranged by topic0 (T.F. Mills, Regiments.org) |
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War in the Himalayas: 1962 Indo-Sino Conflict (articles, images, military history)(Bharat Rakshak) |
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South Asian History: Post-Independence India (links, arranged by topic and time period) (U. California, Berkeley Library) |
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Richard B. White, "The Mahar Movement's Military Component" (U. Texas) |
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Indonesia and Malaysia |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Indonesia: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Malaysia: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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A Country Study: Indonesia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (William H. Frederick and Robert L. Worden, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Japan |
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General Resources |
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Bibliography of Japanese History up to 1912 (arranged both by topic and time period) (Peter Kornicki, U. of Cambridge) |
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A Chronology of Japanese History (fairly detailed overview, with pages arranged by periods, including information about the 'mythology' of Japanese pre-history) (David Turkington, U. Illinois at Chicago) |
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Currency Museum (historical exhibits, links to essays, arranged by time period) (Bank of Japan, Tokyo) |
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Jared Diamond (U. California, Los Angeles) "Just who are the Japanese? Where did they come from, and when?" (1998) (article focusing on linguistic distinctiveness of Japan, as well as on the history of the Ainu, Japanese, and Koreans) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Japan: History (annotated links, arranged by period) (Robert Y. Eng, U. of Redlands) |
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History of Euro-Japanese Cultural Relations (index of links and historical materials) (Wolfgang Michel-Zaitsu, National U. of Kyushu) |
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History of Japan: Nara to Modern (articles and links on history and culture, plus maps, within the Global Consortium site) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Global History Consortium: The History of Japan (articles and links on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) Japan-Related Papers and Essays (annotated list of e-texts of essays focused on modern Japanese history, along with discussions of linguistics) |
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History of Japan: A Chronological Outline (Amy Vladeck Heinrich, Columbia U.) |
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The Historiographical Institute, U. of Tokyo (includes "historical documents relating to Japan in foreign countries" section, plus organizational info; in Japanese, English, German, or French) (U. of Tokyo) |
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A Country Study: Japan (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Ronald E. Dolan and Robert L. Worden, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Japanese Historical Maps (East Asian Library, U. California, Berkeley) |
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Japanese Historical Text Initiative (archived texts, in English and in Japanese) (U. California, Berkeley) |
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JGuide: Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources: History (annotated links, arranged by period) (Stanford U.) |
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Japan Maps (from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection) (U. Texas, Austin) |
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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (companion site to PBS series, with virtual exhibits of aspects of life in Edo, timelines, teachign resources, and more) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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Ilya Gruntov Monumenta Altaica: Altaic Linguistics (devoted to linguistic and historical analyses of Turkic, Mongolian, Japanese, Manchu-Tungus, and Korean languages; sections on "monumental" texts, grammars, articles, and more; in English or Russian) |
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National Museum of Japanese History (exhibits and articles; in Japanese and in English)(Sakura, Japan) |
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Soramitsu: Historical-geographical tour of Nara from the air (with a satellite image of Nara as a map, you can search out articles arranged by both period and locale) (Noboru Ogata, Kyoto U.) |
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Japanese History Documentation Project (downloadable encyclopedia, bibliographical and history files) (Chris Spackman) |
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Timeline of Japanese History (article and images for each period) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Topics in Medieval Japanese History (modules for textbooks, covering Japanese history and culture up to the 17th Century) (Pennsylvania State U.) |
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World Civilizations: Japan (Washington State U.) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Ancient Japan: Jomon and Yayoi (overview) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Feudal Japan (sections on history from the Heiji War to the Ashikaga Bakufu, culture, religion, and more, within the World Civilizations site) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Heian Japan (overview of the Heian Period, 794-1192) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) (articles on history and culture) |
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Ancient Japan (Jomon and Yayoi Periods) |
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Ancient Japan (designed as a course, with historical and cultural texts, links, and more) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Japanese Archaeology (outline, chronology, and images, both prehistoric and historic) (Charles T. Keally, Sophia U., Tokyo) |
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Asuka Historical Museum (articles and images) (Yasuhito Kakiya) |
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Gary Crawford Origins of the Ainu (opening page of site devoted to the history and culture of the Ainu, with a focus on archarological evidence) (Nova Online, Public Broadcasting Service) |
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Jared Diamond (U. California, Los Angeles) Japanese Roots (historical essay on Japan's prehistorical ethnic origins, from a biologist's perspective) |
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Memory of Jomon Period (links to articles and images, with an archaeological focus, in English) (Tokyo U.) |
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The Paleolithic Period/Jomon Period (within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanes) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Ancient Japan: Jomon and Yayoi (overview) |
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Niigata Prefectural Museum (exhibits, news, links, with a focus on the Jomon Period; in Japanese, Chinese, or English) (Nagaoka-shi, Japan) |
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Opening the Doors to Jomon Culture: From the Sannai Maruyama Site to the Jomon Archipelago (overview of museum exhibit, with an image from the collection) (National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Kohun and Asuka Periods (260-710) |
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Taku Kurashige and Rie Yamada The Asuka Period (within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanese) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Haniwa: Form and Meaning (exhibit overview, with numerous images and textual background) (National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Charles T. Keally (Sophia U., Tokyo) Kofun Culture (essay, with bibliography) |
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Noboru Ogata (Kyoto U.) Kofun: Ancient Burial Mounds in Japan (overview article, within a larger site on Nara) |
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Classical Japan (Nara and Heian Periods) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Heian Japan (overview of the Heian Period, 794-1192) |
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Nicolas Pioch Heian Art (historical overview, plus focus on artistic background) |
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The Heian Period (overview and images, within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanese) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Kumiko Yamachika (National Defense Academy) Jô-Bô System of Heijô-Kyô: City Planning in Ancient Japan (essay and images; within a larger site on Nara, from Kyoto U.) |
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Satomi Nishimura (Nara Women’s U.) "Everyday life of a nobleman in the 8th century" (essay focused on Prince Nagaya, used to illustrate 8th-century life in nara, within Kyoto U.'s Soramitsu site) |
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Noboru Ogata (Kyoto U.) Nara (Heijô-kyô) — The Capital of Japan in the 8th Century (essay and images, wtihin the Soramitsu site) |
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Soramitsu: Historical-geographical tour of Nara from the air (with a satellite image of Nara as a map, you can search out articles arranged by both period and locale) (Noboru Ogata, Kyoto U.) |
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Ancient Japanese writing symbols (overview of museum exhibit, with a number of relevant images) (National Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Feudal Japan (Kamakura, Ashikaga, Sengoku Periods) |
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Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC) |
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Ancient Japan (designed as a course, with historical and cultural texts, links, and more) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Azuchi Momoyama Period (1575 - 1603) (overview, within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanese) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Feudal Japan: Bibliography of Sources (within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Feudal Japan (sections on history from the Heiji War to the Ashikaga Bakufu, culture, religion, and more, within the World Civilizations site) |
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The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Noboru Ogata (Kyoto U.) Jôri System in the Nara Basin: Land Information System in Ancient and Medieval Japan (overview essay and images, within site devoted to Nara's history) |
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Kamakura (overview of the Kamakura Period, with images, within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanese) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography) |
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Medieval Japan: 1185-1600-- Key Points (historical overview, as part of a web course) (East Asia Curriculum Project, Columbia U.) |
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Nanbokucho & Muromachi Period (overview with images, within the Timeline of Japanese History exhibit; in English or in Japanese) (Minnesota State U., Mankota) |
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Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes) |
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Anthony J. Bryant Sengoku Daimyoo (site with an emphasis on military history, with a links page, essays on history and culture, commercial offerings, and more) |
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Liza Dalby The Tale of Murasaki (essay about the historical context of a novel's characters, with images and texts on 11th-Century Japan) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Warring States Japan (1467-1573) (overview essay of the Onin War, the Sengoku Period in general, and the close of the Ashikaga Period) |
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Early Modern (Tokugawa Period) |
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Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Bibliography Historical Demography and Family in Early Modern Japan (English language, 1960 - present) (Satomi Kurosu) |
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Red-Haired Barbarians: The Dutch and other foreigners in Nagasaki and Yokohama, 1800-1865 (exhibition of woodblock prints) (Marien van der Heijden, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam) |
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Ken Matsushita Welcome to Edo (virtual tour of Edo) |
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Japan: Memoirs of a Secret Empire (companion site to PBS series, with virtual exhibits of aspects of life in Edo, timelines, teachign resources, and more) (Public Broadcasting Service) |
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Nippon in the World (sections on images of cultural life in Japan from the 17th-20th c., on the Vienna international Exposition of 1873, and on documents from Modern Japanese Political History) (National Diet Library, Tokyo) |
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Commodore Perry's Expedition to Japan (1853) |
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John W. Dower and Shigeru Miyagawa (Massachusetts I. of Technology) Black Ships and Samurai (site devoted to Admiral Perry's visit to Japan) |
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Japanese Reply (1854) to President Fillmore’s Letter and Response of Commodore Perry (e-text, in English) (Joseph V. O'Brien, John Jay C. of Criminal Justice, New York) |
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Commodore Matthew Perry's Visit to the Bonin Islands, June 1853 (Perry's notes and journals, as edited by Francis L. Hawks in 1856) |
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Letter from U.S. Pres. Millard Fillmore (1853 letter to Commodore Perry) (Center for East Asia Studies, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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Naval Historical Center (Washington Naval Yard, DC) Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (e-curriculum, including a biography, discussion questions, and activities) |
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Perry's Japan Expedition (virtual exhibit, with a number of paintings of sites Perry visited and of contemporary Japanese society) (Nimitz Library, US Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, MD) |
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Commodore Matthew Perry When We Landed in Japan, 1854 (e-text of Perry's notes edited by Francis L. Hawks, within Fordham U.'s Modern History Sourcebook) (Paul Halsall, U. North FLorida) |
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The Opening of Japan to the West (virtual exhibit) (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale U.) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) (articles on history and culture) |
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Hiroyoshi Yamachika (Osaka Kyoiku U.) Tourist Maps of Nara in the Edo Period (overview essay and images, within Kyoto U.'s Soramitsu site, devoted to the history of Nara) |
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Jilly Traganou (U. of Westminster, London) The Fireworks of Edo, or Japan's Early (post?) Modern past (essay tracing the development from Edo (Early Modern) to Tokyo (Modern)) (Architonic, 1997) |
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The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadow, Dreams, and Substance (virtual exhibit, with image-filled articles arranged by topic, focusing on the 17th-19th centuries) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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The Meiji Era (1868-1912) |
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Richard Hooker (Washington State U.) The Meiji Restoration (overview essay, within the World Civilizations: Modern Japan site) |
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Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay) |
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Richard J. Smith (Rice U.) Meiji Japan and Late Qing China: Some Comparisons (essay, wtih tables, with sections on the Meiji Charter Oath [1868] and the Complete record of Barbarian Affairs [1880] and on statistical comparisons between Japan and China) |
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Thayer Watkins (San José State U.) Meiji Restoration/Revolution (essay, providing overview with a socio-economic focus) |
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Ronald P. Loftus (Willamette U.) The Meiji Restoration: Links (annotated links) |
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The Meiji Restoration and Modernization (module from the Contemporary Japan: A Teaching Workbook, with historical background and study questions) (East Asian Curriculum Project, Columbia U.) |
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Sidney DeVere Brown Nagasaki in the Meiji Restoration: Choshu Loyalists and British Arms Merchants (overview, with reference to the diary of Kido Takayoshi) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Tokugawa Period's Influence on Meiji Restoration" (essay) (2000) |
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Modern Japan |
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American-Japanese Pre- War Relations |
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Pecrival Lowell and Lafcadio hearn: Conduits of Japanese Culture (virtual exhibit about 1880's American visitors, whose writings helped stimulate American interest in Japan) (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale U.) |
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President Grant's Diplomatic Mission to Asia (virtual exhibit on Grant's 1877 Asia trip, with images from his visits to Japan and to China) (Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale U.) |
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The Imperial Mission, 1917: A Record of the Reception Throughout the United States of the Special Mission Headed by Viscount Ishii (includes note son The Root-Takahira Understanding of 1908 and The Lansing-Ishii Agreement of 1917) (Brigham Young U.) |
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Atomic Warfare |
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Hiroshima Archive (historical, cultural, and artistic resources related to the A-bomb) (Mayu Tsuruya, Lewis & Clark C.) |
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A-Bomb WWW Museum (includes voice testimonials, articles, images; in Japanese or English) (Mitsuru Ohba & John Benson, Hiroshima, Japan) |
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Atomic Bomb: Decision (Hiroshima-Nagasaki) (includes links to declassified documents relating to the decision to drop the bomb) (Gene Dannen) |
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BURN!: Toge Sankichi (Hiroshima Artworks by Iri and Toshi Maruki |
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Nagasaki Journey (selective Web version of bicoastal exhibit of 100+ pictures of the ruins of Nakasaki taken by Yosuke Yamahata on Aug. 10, 1945) (International Center of Photography, New York; Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco) |
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Peace Memorial Museum (includes images of fused, melted, and charred relics of the Hiroshima A-bomb blast) (Hiroshima) |
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The Australia-Japan Research Project (articles and images, with focus on 20th-Century militray history) (Australian War Memorial) |
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Bill Gordon "Japan's March Towards Militarism" (2000) (overview essay tracing developments from the Meiji Restoration to the 2nd Sino-Japanese War) |
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Hirohito and Japan (brief historical outline, with hypertexted terms and images; part of Cornell U.'s Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Closure in Political Authority site)(Linda Fisher and John Dorneman) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject) |
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Japanese-American History |
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Japanese American History Archives (museum information, plus selections from photo archives) (JAHA, San Francisco) |
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Japanese American National Museum (info, exhibits, and more) (JANM, Los Angeles) |
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Suffering Under a Great Injustice: Ansal Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar (part of American Memory) (Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Manzanar National Historic Site (National Park Service) |
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Nikkei Heritage (exhibits, society info, links, and more) (National Japanese American History Society, San Francisco) |
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Constitution of the Empire of Japan, 1889 (e-text, in English) (Center for East Asian Studies, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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Nippon in the World (sections on images of cultural life in Japan from the 17th-20th c., on the Vienna international Exposition of 1873, and on documents from Modern Japanese Political History) (National Diet Library, Tokyo) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "The Allied Occupation of Japan" (2000) (overview essay) |
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Okinawa: The American Years, 1945-1972 (biographical articles, photos, bibliographies, and more) (Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, Texas A and M U.) |
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Poster Exhibition (slide show exhibit of some 2600 political posters of pre-1945 Japan, in English and in Japanese) (Oohara Institute) |
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Japanese Old Photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Period (exhibits of photos from 1860-99) (Nagasaki U. Library) |
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Japanese Railway History (historical articles and images) (Japanese Railway and Transport Review) |
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Russo-Japanese War |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject) |
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Anita Newcombe McGee The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (article "exhibit," with focus on medicine) (National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC) |
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The Russo-Japanese War and American Popular Opinion (within the Meeting of Frontiers website, in English and in Russian) (Library of COngress, Washington, DC) |
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The History of the Russian Navy: Port Arthur: Prologue (articles on the Russo-Japanese war, in English) (Russian Navy) |
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Laurie Barber Russo-Japanese War (historical essay, with images; part of a larger site on Georgi H. Zhukov) |
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The Russo-Japanese War Research Society (numerous articles, documents, and images) |
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The Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) (full text of treaty resolving the Russo-Japanese War)(Brigham Young U.) |
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Yale University Library: Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 (description of microfilm project, with historical overview of related documents) (Slavic and East European Collections, Yale U. Library) |
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Timothy D. Saxon Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914–1918 (essay)(1999) |
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First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) |
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Bill Gordon (Wesleyan U.) "Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910" (2003) (overvioew essay that runs through various theories of imperialism and weighs the value of these to the subject) |
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Shimonoseki Armistice, March 30, 1895 (transcription, in English) (Center for East Asian Studies, U. California, Los Angeles) |
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S. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (U. Heidelberg) and Marilyn A. Levine (Lewis-Clark State C.) Historical Survey: Sino-Japanese War (overview and images, within electronic course on Chinese history) |
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The Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45) |
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Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre, 1937-38 (Chiu-yee Cheung, Hong Kong) |
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Nanking 1937: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Nanking Massacre (virtual exhibit, including historical articles and images) (Princeton U.) |
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Leon Poon (U. Maryland) Republican China: Anti-Japanese War (overview article, within larger history of China site) |
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Shanghai 1937: Photographs of Karl Kengelbacher (over 100 photos of a four-month period of the war in Shanghai) (Peter Kengelbacher, and Schauwecker's Guide to Japan) |
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A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.) |
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A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 (bibliographies, links, documents, conference minutes, description of project seeking to connect scholars) (Asia Center, Harvard U., and Steven Phillips, Towson U.) |
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Jilly Traganou (U. of Westminster, London) The Fireworks of Edo, or Japan's Early (post?) Modern past (essay tracing the development from Edo (Early Modern) to Tokyo (Modern)) (Architonic, 1997) |
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the Ainu |
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Ainu: The Anatomy of an Exhibit (links to articles on history of the Ainu, in a site devoted to the museum project, within a site devoted to studies of Arctic cultures) (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC) |
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Ainu: Bibliography (within the Ainu: Anatomy of an Exhibit site) (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC) |
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Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (virtual exhibit) (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC) |
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Gary Crawford Origins of the Ainu (opening page of site devoted to the history and culture of the Ainu, with a focus on archarological evidence) (Nova Online, Public Broadcasting Service) |
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The Ainu Museum (articles and images arranged by topic; English version) (Hokkaido, JP) |
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The Samurai |
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Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC) |
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James Clark (Pacific U.) Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (overview, with links to articles, by subject) |
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Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Electric Samurai: Cobweb Castle (images and brief notices on historical samurai) (Kikutake Yuji) |
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The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography) |
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Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay) |
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Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes) |
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Ridgeback Press (links to biographical essays, and publishing information)(Pinole, CA) |
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The Samurai |
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Cyrus Amini "The Samurai of Traditional Japan" (essay providing historical overview, along with brief bibliography)(Charlotte Country Day School, NC) |
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James Clark (Pacific U.) Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (overview, with links to articles, by subject) |
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Castles and the Unification of the Realm: 15th century to 17th century Japan (overview of exhibit, with images and text) (Natonal Museum of Japanese History, Sakura) |
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Electric Samurai: Cobweb Castle (images and brief notices on historical samurai) (Kikutake Yuji) |
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The Heiji War (essay, within the World Civilizations site) (Richard Hooker, Washington State U.) |
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Ron Knight Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site (Society for CReative Anachronism site with articles arranged by topic, plus bibliography) |
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Jonathan Dresner (U. Hawai'i at Hilo) How True to History is Tom Cruise's The Last Samurai? (2004) (review and essay) |
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Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) (English translation by Victor Harris, with notes) |
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Ridgeback Press (links to biographical essays, and publishing information)(Pinole, CA) |
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Samurai Archives (historical articles) (C.E. West and F.W. Seal) |
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Stephanie Thommes and Maggie Pedersen Samurai (articles on the history and culture of the samurai, plus a short bibliography, within the Experience Japan web site) (Creighton U.) |
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Samurai Archives (historical articles) (C.E. West and F.W. Seal) |
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Stephanie Thommes and Maggie Pedersen Samurai (articles on the history and culture of the samurai, plus a short bibliography, within the Experience Japan web site) (Creighton U.) |
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Korea |
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General Resources |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Korea: History (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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Global History Consortium: History of Korea (articles on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Korean History: A Bibliography (Kenneth R. Robinson, U. Hawaii) |
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Korean History Project (articles, multimedia exhibits, project news, and more) (William W. Caraway) |
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A Country Study: North Korea (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Sea of Korea Maps Digital Archive (historical maps database) (Ken Klein, E. Asian Library, U. Southern California) |
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A Country Study: South Korea (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Andrea Matles Savada and William Shaw, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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(Henje Savanije) (Dankook U. Seoul) Hendrick Hamel (devoted to history of first Western explorer to report on Korea; articles and images) |
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The Korean War |
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The Korean War (within the Korean History: A Bibliography site)(Kenneth R. Robinson, U. Hawaii) |
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Commemorating the Korean War (virtual exhbit, with multimedia archives) (US Department of Defense) |
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Conflict and Consequence: The Korean War and its Unsettled Legacy (virtual exhibit, with articles and other archived material) (Truman Presidential Museum and Library, Independence, MO) |
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50th Anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression & Aid Korea (articles, timelines, and images, through a Chinese perspective on the "Korean War") (the China Internet Information Center) |
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Russell A. Guegler Combat Actions in Korea (articles arranged by topic; in the US Army Historical Series) |
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Korean War Maps (US Army Center of Military History) |
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Cold War International History Project Virtual Archive: New Evidence on the Korean War (links to articles) (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC) |
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Korean American Digital Archive (photographs, documents, and more, focused on the period from 1903-68) (Ken Klein, U. Southern California) |
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Ilya Gruntov Monumenta Altaica: Altaic Linguistics (devoted to linguistic and historical analyses of Turkic, Mongolian, Japanese, Manchu-Tungus, and Korean languages; sections on "monumental" texts, grammars, articles, and more; in English or Russian) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Laos: History and Culture (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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A Country Study: Maldives (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Helen Chapin Metz, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Mongolia |
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A Country Study: Mongolia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Robert L. Worden and Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Mongolia: History (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. of Redlands) |
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Buryat Mongol: Shamanism, Folklore, and Poetry (includes links to article son history and culture) (Sangerel Odigor, Golomt Center for Shamanist Studies) |
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The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) |
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Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits) (U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar) |
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The Mongols |
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The Legacy of Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits, with historical information, including Mongol history in China and Iran) (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) |
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Reuven Amitai-Preiss "Mamluks and Mongols: an overview" (1995) (etext from larger book) |
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Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (virtual exhibits) (U. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the National Museum of Mongolian History, Ulaanbaatar) |
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Mike Edwards and Jim Stanfield (National Geographic Society) The Land of Genghis Khan (photographic essay, maps, legacy of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia) |
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S. A. M. Adshead "Tamerlane and the Global Arsenal, 1370-1405" (etext of selection form larger book on Central Asia) |
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Ilya Gruntov Monumenta Altaica: Altaic Linguistics (devoted to linguistic and historical analyses of Turkic, Mongolian, Japanese, Manchu-Tungus, and Korean languages; sections on "monumental" texts, grammars, articles, and more; in English or Russian) |
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Mike Edwards and Jim Stanfield (National Geographic Society) The Land of Genghis Khan (photographic essay, maps, legacy of Genghis Khan in modern Mongolia) |
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The Secret History of the Mongols (overview of history of medieval text on Mongols, plus bibliography) (Ilya Gruntov) |
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A Country Study: Nepal (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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the Philippines |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Philippines: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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A Country Study: The Philippines (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Ronald E. Dolan, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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The Spanish-American War |
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Anti-Imperialism in the United States, 1898-1935
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The Spanish-American War Centennial Website (numerous articles and background info) (Jess Giessel and Patrick McSherry) |
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Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War (educational resources, in a site devoted to the televised documentary) (PBS) |
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A War in Perspective, 1898-1998: Public Appeals, Memory, and the Spanish-American Conflict (exhibit materials, arranged by subject) (New York Public Library) |
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A Country Study: Singapore (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Barbara Leitch Lepoer, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Sri Lanka: A Country Study (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Russell R. Ross and Andrea Matles Savada, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Taiwan: History and Culture (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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Thailand and Cambodia |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Thailand: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Cambodia: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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A Country Study: Cambodia (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Russell R. Ross, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Cambodian Genocide Program (photographs, maps, texts) (Ben Kiernan, Yale U.) |
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Global History Consortium: Thailand (articles on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Global History Consortium: Cambodia (articles on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979 (links to tutorial articles within the HSC Online site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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A Country STudy: Thailand (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Barbara Leitch LePoer, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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Tibet |
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Global History Consortium: Tibet (articles on history and culture, plus maps) (Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Tibet (links and bibliography) (Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke C.) |
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Vietnam |
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An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources: Vietnam: History and Culture (annotated links) (Robert Y. Eng, U. Redlands) |
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Vietnam Documents (20th-Century primary sources, in English translation) (Vern Weitzel, australian National U.) |
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Global Historical Consortium: Vietnam (articles on history and culture, plus maps) (William J. Gilmore-Lehne, Richard Stockton C., Pomona, NJ) |
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Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979 (links to tutorial articles within the HSC Online site) (Charles Sturt U., Australia) |
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A Country Study: Vietnam (historical, cultural, political and economic information, from ancient to modern times, arranged by topic) (Ronald J. Cima, Library of Congress, Washington, DC) |
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The Vietnam War |
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Vietnam War Bibliography (Richard Jensen, U. Illinois) |
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Vietnam War Bibliography (Edwin E. Moïse, Clemson U.) |
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Online Bookshelves: Vietnam War (CMH publications) (US Army Center of Military History) |
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The Historical Text Archive: Vietnam War Page (links) (Don Mabry, Mississippi St. U) |
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Vietnam War: Maps (US Military Academy, West Point, NY) |
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The My Lai Courts-Martial 1970 (multimedia resources, within larger law case site) (Douglas Linder, U. Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) |
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Recalling the Vietnam War (articles and interviews with numerous scholars) (Institute of International Studies, U. California, Berkeley) |
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The Fall of Saigon (archived articles, introductory essay by Malcolm W. Browne, and more) (the New York Times) |
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The Vietnam Conflict (articles, images, and other resources, arranged by topic) (John K. Swensson, De Anza C.) |
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Vietnam Historical Archive |
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Homepage (Thaddaeus Brophy/MedioNet) |
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Dictionary of the Vietnam War (nations, historical figures, events, concepts, etc.) |
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Vietnam Library |
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Courses |
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Harold Bolitho & Andrew Gordon (Harvard U.), "Tradition and Transformation in East Asian Civilization: Japan" |
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Paul D. Hanson (Harvard U.), "The Cultural Legacy of the Ancient Near East" |
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Roderick MacFarquhar (Harvard U.), "Tiananmen Square" |
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Ezra F. Vogel (Harvard U.), "The Rise of East Asian Industrial Society" |
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