General History sites

Economic History Service   http://eh.net/   has a listing of reviews of significant work in twentieth-century economic history, at   http://eh.net/project2000/  This includes reviews of  Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic, Origins of Our Time,  Fernand Braudel's Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century Time and Joseph A. Schumpeter'sCapitalism, Socialism and Democracy.  The EHS site also has many book reviews at    http://eh.net/bookreviews/    Some books reviewed include Business History and Business Culture  by Godley, Andrew and Oliver M. Westall    The Evolution of International Business: An Introduction  by Jones, Geoffrey     Economic Growth and Change: National and Regional Patterns of Convergence and Divergence  by Adams, John and Francesco Pigliaru, editors and Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty   by Carey, Alex
 

History Explained    http://www.historyexplained.com/    According to the creator of this site, "This web site contains a short explanation of the background history that is needed to understand the major economic and political problems in the world today."  Looks pretty good to me (gene)
 

Emayzine    http://www.emayzine.com/    some brief lectures on world history.  Click on the lectures pages.  From Eric Meyer at Victory Valley College. See http://www.vvc.edu/academic/history/faculty.htm. for the history faculty page.
 

World History for Us All   http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/   nice brief overview of world history, divided into 'eras'.
 

The library of congress country studies also have history summaries. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
 

Internet History sourcebook   http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/   links to links. Divided into sections such as Ancient History, Medieval, Modern, and also regional history sourcebooks.
 

The History Guide   http://www.historyguide.org   contains lectures on european history, for example, Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe at   http://www.historyguide.org/europe/europe.html    Also has very nice guide to studying history, some interesting quotes on why study history, and links to resources for historians. This site is by Steven Kreis, professor of history at American Public University System  http://www.apus.edu/APUS/News-and-Events/Press-Releases/Kreis.htm   
 

Twenty-five lectures on modern Balkan history   http://staff.lib.msu.edu/sowards/balkan/   Lectures by Steven W. Sowards on recent history of the Balkans.  A lot of the topics are about political change in the 19th and 20th century, and recent events.  Includes a section on Economic and social changes in Balkan life.

Condensed China   http://condensedchina.com/   According to the author, this is "an introduction to Chinese history. It exists to inform, enlighten, and attract netizens interested in China."  The author also notes "It is not a complete history of China."  Prepared by Paul Frankenstein.  This site also includes a bibliography of books to read.
 

Collapse    http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/index.html    a site by Annenberg/CPB, briefly describing the collapse of four civilizations, Maya, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon and Mali and Songhai, and giving indications of why they collapsed.
 

Japan guide's history page  http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html   This site gives very brief overview of Japanese history.  The home site is   http://www.japan-guide.com/
 

History of cambodia   http://www.mekong.net/cambodia/    brief overviews, see especially the Banyan tree. By Bruce Sharp and others.
 

history of Taiwan   http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/5-gp/yearbook/ch3.html   from the Taiwan government information office,  http://www.gio.gov.tw/
 

Taiwan's 400 years of history    http://www.taiwandc.org/history.htm    overview of history.

Arabnet    http://www.arab.net    has brief histories of countries. Owned by Saudi Research and Marketing Group.

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust   http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/    includes a timeline at   http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/Holocaust/timeline/timeline.htm    which gives a brief history of the Holocaust.  This site is from the Florida Institute of Technology.
 

Elaborations, Revisions, Dissents: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.'s The Visible Hand after Twenty Years    http://www.thebhc.org/publications/rjbhr.html
 

Digital history has guided readings on US history at   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm    and their home page is http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
 

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