Cairns, Trevor. Europe Finds the World. Cambridge Eng. : University Press, 1973

European Influence Livonia HS Library May 2016

Here is sampling of the books in our collection that contain information about European influence. To find more books, go to the library catalog on the HS Library webpage.

940 C Cairns, Trevor. Europe Finds the World. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, [1973].

940.1 W Williams, Glyndwr. The Expansion of Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Overseas Rivalry, Discovery, and Exploitation. New York: Walker, [1967].

942 U Unstead, R. J. Emerging Empire: a Pictorial History 1689-1763. London: Macdonald and Co., 1972. A pictorial survey of the history and civilization of Great Britain during the years of the greatest expansion of her empire.

954 J Judd, Denis, 1938-. The British Raj. London: Wayland, [1972].

973.2 E Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-. The Musket and the Cross: the Struggle of France and England for North America. [1st ed.]. Boston: Little, Brown, [1968].

980 G Gibson, Charles, 1920-. Spain in America. New York: Harper Colophon Books, [1967?] c1966.

980 S Stein, Stanley J. The Colonial Heritage of Latin America: essays on economic dependence in perspective. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

R 941 ATL Atlas of the British Empire. New York: Facts on File, c1989. On cover: The rise and fall of the greatest empire the world has ever known. Maps and text chart the rise and fall of the British empire.

R 941.08 MAR Marshall, P. J., ed. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire. New York: Cambridge Univ Pr, [c1996]. An overview of the development and influence of the British Empire examines British colonialism in various regions of the world and discusses the impact of imperialism on social and cultural history.

R 960.03 C The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Africa. Cambridge [Eng.]; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1981. A guide to Africa's physical environment, peoples, archaeology, pre-colonial history, colonial history, contemporary Africa, natural resources, political economy, society, religion, art, tourism, and Africa and the world. Subscription Database and EBook Articles

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CounntryWatch Premium News and information (including history) on recognized countries of the world. Original content. Gale E-Books (Gale Virtual Reference Library) for articles from reference books, including: Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450 History Behind the Headlines: the Origins of Conflicts Worldwide World Eras Gale Databases for magazine, journal, and newspaper articles. GV Ebooks Hundreds of Ebooks on a variety of subjects. Salem Press E-Books: Milestone Documents in World History includes primary sources, with explanatory articles. Student Resources in Context (Gale) Articles from a variety of sources; includes primary sources, video and audio, tables, maps, charts, and graphs.

Websites

African Timelines http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimelinetoc.htm

The British Empire http://www.britishempire.co.uk/

British India http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/BrIndia.html

Hindu History: The British Come to Rule India and the Return of Indian Sovereignty http://www.hindubooks.org/sudheer_birodkar/hindu_history/landbritish.html

Historyteacher.net: Global Studies http://www.historyteacher.net/GlobalStudies/SEAsiaMainPage.htm

Google Books http://books.google.com/bkshp?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wp

Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/

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