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Portfolio 1 - AP World History
Encounter and Transformation
Ms. Margolis
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Film Study Option:
The following videos are on reserve, and may be checked out for overnight use. They may also be viewed in the Library's Group Study Room during the school day. Because they are easy to misplace, they are shelved behind the Circ. Desk. Ask a librarian to get them for you.
Black Robe (VC 791.43 B)
Longitude: "Lost at Sea-the search for longitude". (get from Ms. Margolis)
To Locate Sample Obituaries:
ProQuest : Historical Newspapers has the complete text of the newspaper from 1857 to the present.) As examples, see Richard Nixon's obituary from the Washington Post and Abraham Lincoln's obituary from the New York Times.
Books in the Edith Hamilton Library These books are on reserve. To locate more books that include biographical information on Voltaire, search the online catalog using the "power search" mode.
Ref 103 E The Encyclopedia of philosophy..
921 Voltaire Aldington, Richard. Voltaire..
940.253 D Durant, William James 1885- The age of Voltaire : a history of civilization i n Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion and philosphy.
940 D Durant, William James, 1885- The story of civilization
921 Voltaire Maurois, Andre, 1885-1967. Voltaire. New York : Appleton, 1932.
920 Y Van Loon, Hendrik Willem. Van Loon's Lives, being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone year.
To Locate periodical articles, websites, biographical information, maps, time lines and more. E-Library-History Resource Center is terrific.
To Locate more scholarly periodial articles use JSTOR. There are many articles which discuss the positive and negative aspects of Voltaire's views. Here are a few:
Other Websites
Other Websites related to Voltaire - University of Chicago website
Jesuits in China and Japan:
Books:
China's Response to the West, a Documentary Survey, 1830-1923, by Ssu-yu T'eng and John K. Fairbank. (951 T)
A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations, by Conrad Schirokauer. (950 S)
The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, by Jonathan D. Spence. (921 Ricci)
Early Japan, by Jonathan Norton Leonard. (915.2 L)
Powers of the Crown (TimeFrame AD 1600-1700) (909 T)
Sextants of Beijing : Global Currents in Chinese History, by Joanna Waley-Cohen. (951 W) .
Websites:
Christianity in China - Matteo Ricci and the Jesuits
Clear statement of early years of Christianity in China and the Chinese political situation at that time.
European Aggression in Asia, and the Rise of Japan, from A Short History of the World, by H.G. Wells. 1922.
Amazing how right he was about European colonialism, 80 years ago. PDF file; takes some time to load.
Schauwecker's Guide to Japan: Christianity
Read also sections on Muromaki Period and Azuchi-Momoyama.
China and Japan and Contact with the West, 1450-1750
From a Columbia University Webcourse
Primary Source Analysis: Women in the Sciences, 17th-18th Centuries or Comparative Bureaucracies in Chinese and Ottoman Empires.
DBQ Document Packet available from Ms Margolis (for Women in the Sciences);
World History in Documents: a Comparative Reader by Peter N. Stearns. (909 W) On Reserve (for Comparative Bureaucracies).
Art Analysis: Seats of Power
Hint: One of the best sources for images is Google Images. Simply input a word (example: Topkapi). Another good source for information is the Grove Art Encyclopedia, available in the reference section and online.
Topkapi Palace ( Ottoman Empire)
Royal Palaces. (728.8 R) On Reserve
See " Topkapi Palace, the Scintillating Door to Asia"
Architecture, Ceremonial, and Power: the Topkapi Palace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries (725.17 N)
Forbidden City (Qing Dynasty, China)
Homes of Kings (720.9 C)
The Horizon Book of the Arts of China (Ref 709.51 H)
The Cultural Atlas of the World (Ref 951 B)
Royal Palaces. (728.8 R) On reserve
See "The Forbidden City, Between Heaven and Earth"
Secret World of the Forbidden City: Amazing Facts
Forbidden City, a Virtual Tour
Pre-Conquest Tenochtitlan ( Mexico)
The Aztec Kings, by Susan D. Gillespie.(972.01 G)
The Aztecs, by Nigel Davies (970.3 D)
Aztecs : Reign of Blood and Splendor (972.018 A)
Cortes and the Aztec Conquest, by Irwin R. Blacker. (971.02 Blacker)
Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Even of the Spanish Conquest, by Jacques Soustelle. (970.3 S)
Treasures of the Great Temple: Art and Symbolism of the Aztec Empire, by Eduardo Matos Moctezuma and Michel Zabe (972.53 M)
Tenochtitlan - A German site with a virtual reconstruction of the City at the height of its glory; requires LivePicture plug-in for virtual reality site. (Available from the site)
Tenochtitlan - Cursory history with some illustration
Homes of Kings (720.9 C)
Powers of the Crown (TimeFrame AD 1600-1700) (909 T)
Royal Palaces. (728.8 R) On reserve
Great Palaces. (Ref 725.17 G)
Chateau de Versailles (Official Site) - Website on Handout Sheet
Versailles, Setting for Art and Scandal
Powers of the Crown (TimeFrame AD 1600-1700) (909 T)
Splendors of the East: Temples, Tombs, Palaces and Fortresses of Asia, ed. by Mortimer Wheeler. (720.95 W)
Islam and Muslim Art, by Alexandre Papadopoulo. (Ref 709.1 P)
Great Architecture of the World. (720.9 G)
Splendor of the Gods. (720.9 C) On reserve
See chapter "Mosque of the Shah"
Welcome to Isfahan - A virtual tour-type site; offers a tutorial on aspects of Persian architecture
Books:
St. Petersburg, a Cultural History, by Peter Volkov. (947.453 V)
Horizon Book of the Arts of Russia. (Ref 709.47 H)
Great Palaces. (Ref 725.17 G)
Websites:
Baroque Architecture of St. Petersburg
Official St. Petersburg: Architecture
Views of the Historical Center of St. Petersburg (maps) - Includes tour of Ermitazh (Hermitage) and the Menshkov Palace with a panoramic effect for each area and each level. Outstanding Site! See also the maps of the Parks, for example:
Peterhof Palace Park
Creative Special: Early History of the British East India Company
Books:
Cross-Cultural Trade in World History , by Philip D. Curtin. (382.09 C)
The East India Company: Trade and Conquest from 1600, by Anthony Wild. (382.09 W)
A History of the British East India Company, 1615-1858, by Vivian Joseph. (382.09 J)
The Political Economy of Merchant Empires: State Power and World Trade , ed. by James D. Tracy (382.09 P)
The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World , ed. by James D. Tracy. (382.09 R)
Websites:
British East India Company - from Wikipedia
The East India Company - from Manas History and Politics
From Trade to Colonization: Historic Dynamics of the East India Companies - from South Asian History
