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Historical Atlas Project    

 

Selected Resources
NCDS Library

Atlases and Reference Books

REF/911.73/ATL Atlas of American History. New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1984. Print.

REF/973.03/GRE Miller, Randall M. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2009. Print.

REF/911/NAS Nash, Gary B. and Carter Smith. Atlas of American History. New York: Facts on File, 2007. Print.

REF/911/RAN Atlas of World History. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1983. Print.

REF/911/SHE Shepherd, William R. Sheperd's Historical Atlas. Totowa, New Jersey: Barnes and Noble Books, 1964. Print.

REF/911/TIM Barraclough, Geoffrey. The Times Atlas of World History. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond Inc, 1978. Print.

910.202/HAM Lye, Keith. 100 Great Journeys. New York: Hammond World Atlas, 2008. Print.


Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase

REF/917.804/WOO Woodger, Elin and Brandon Toropov. Encyclopedia of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. New York: Facts on File, 2004. Print.

917.8/AME Andrist, Ralph K. To the Pacific with Lewis and Clark. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1967. Print.

973.5/GOL Gold, Susan Dudley. Land Pacts. New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Print.

973.4/NEL Nelson, Shelia. Thomas Jefferson's America: The Louisiana Purchase 1800-1811. Philadelpha: Mason Crest, 2005. Print.


The War of 1812

REF/973.5/HOW Howes, Kelly King. War of 1812. New York: Thompson Gale, 2002. Print.

REF/973.4/PUR Purcell, Sarah J. The Early National Period. New York: Facts on File, 2004 Print.

973.5/BOS Bosco, Peter I. The War of 1812. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook Press, 1991. Print.

973.5/MOL Molotsky, Irvin. The Flag, The Poet, and The Song: the story of the star-spangled banner. New York: Dutton, 2001. Print.

973.5/SON Sonneborn, Liz. The War of 1812: a primary source history of America's second war with Britan. New York: Rosen, 2004. Print.

973.52/TAY Taylor, George Rogers. The War of 1812: past justifications and present interpretations. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1963. Print


Conflict with Native Americans/The Trail of Tears

REF/970.004/WAL Waldman, Carl. Atlas of the North American Indian. New York: Checkmark Books, 2000. Print.

973.04/BYE Byers, Ann. The Trail of Tears: a primary source history of the forced relocation of the Cherokee Nation. New York: Rosen, 2004. Print.

975.004/BOW Bowes, John P. The Trail of Tears. New York: Chelsea House, 2007. Print.

975/EHL Ehle, John. Trail of Tears. New York: Anchor Books, 1988. Print.

970.00/MAR Marsico, Katie. The Trail of Tears: the Tragedy of the American Indians. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2010. Print.

973.5/REM Remini, Robert. Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars. New York: Penguin, 2001. Print.

979.5/SCH Schofield, Brian. Selling Your Father's Bones. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009. Print.


Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution

REF/909.81/IND Outman, James L. and Elizabeth M. Outman. Industrial Revolution. New York: Thompson Gale, 2003. Print.

REF/909.81/STE Stearns, Peter N. The ABC-CLIO World History Companion to The Industrial Revolution. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1996. Print.

331.7/ BLE Blewett, Mary H. The Last Generation: work and life in the textile Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusets Press, 1990. Print.

330.9/FRA Frader, Laura L. The Industrial Revolution: a history in documents. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print.

909.81/IND Clare, John D. Industrial Revolution. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. Print.


Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

REF/973.6/HOW Howes, Kelly King. Mexican American War. New York: Thompson Gale, 2003. Print.

REF/978/WES Pendergast, Tom and Sara Pendergast. Westward Expansion. New York: Thompson Gale, 2001. Print.

979.4/AME Andrist, Ralph K. The California Gold Rush. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1961. Print.

978/CAL "The California Trail." Cobblestone. November 2002.Print.

978/DAV Davis, William C. The American Frontier. Oklahoma City: Univercity of Oklahoma Press, 1999. Print.

973.6/AME Downey, Fairfax. Texas and the War with Mexico. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1961. Print.

978/GAL Galford, Ellen. The Trail West: exploring history through art. Minnetonka, MN: Two-Can Publishing, 2004. Print.

973.5/GOL Gold, Susan Dudley. Land Pacts. New York: Henry Holt, 1997. Print.

978/LUC Luchetti, Cathy. Children of the West: family life on the frontier. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.

978/LUC Luchetti, Cathy. Men of the West: life on the American frontier. New York: Norton, 2004. Print.

305.4/LUC Luchetti, Cathy and Carol Olwell. Women of the West. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.

973.5/MEX "The U.S.-Mexican War 1846-1848." Calliope. December 2000.Print.

973.5/NEL Nelson, Sheila. From Sea to Shining Sea: Americans Move West 1846-1860. Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2005. Print.

978/AME Place, Marian T. Westward on the Oregon Trail. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1962. Print.

973.6/SON Sonneborn, Liz. The Mexican-American War: a primary source history of the expansion of the western lands of the United States. New York: Rosen, 2005. Print.

973.5/SAN Sanna, Ellyn. The Expanding United States: The Rise of Nationalism 1812-1820. Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2005. Print.

978/AME Ward, Don. Cowboys and Cattle Country. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1961. Print.

970.04/WOO Woodworth, Steven E. Manifest Destinies: Americas westward expansion and the road to the Civil War. New York: Knopf, 2010. Print.

Internet Resources

Databases

American Government
Search images, articles, video clips and more

American History
Search images, articles, video clips and more

U.S History in Context
Reference works, images and primary resources, great resource

Oxford Art
Great source for images and information about art and artists

Biography in Context
Search articles, websites, and photos with biographies

Virtual Reference Library
search ebooks for information and images



Websites

Lewis and Clark/Louisiana Purchase

In the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark
From the Sierra Club

Bicentennial of Lewis and Clark
From Time Magazine

National Geographic: Lewis and Clark
Includes interactive maps and photos from National Geographic

Louisiana Purchase: Primary Documents in American History
From the American Library of Congress

War of 1812

Library of Congress Web Guide
Includes the American Memory Project and Images

Conflict with Native Americans/Trail of Tears

National Park Service-The Trail of Tears
Follow the trail with maps, official stories, and more


Urbanization and the Industrial Revolution

National Park Service-Lowell Mills
Includes photos and historical information, and multi-media demonstrations

Center for Lowell History
Includes images, and first person accounts of Lowell Mill history


Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny

National Park Service-Museum of Westward Expansion
Includes photos, information on artifacts and journeys

PBS-New Perspectives on the West
First person accounts, events, and places about the West


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