english.ucsb.edu:591/rchrono/
Romantic Chronology (tilbage til 17.årh mht årstal) Hypertext chronology of
literary, social, and historical events in
Britain and France from 1785-1851 with links to other on-line resources for
authors and works.
www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/
om udviklingen af det moderne samfund, industrialisering, videnskab
og opfindelser fra det 18. årh. til idag. Hovedfokus Storbritannien.
“Making the Modern World brings you powerful stories about science
and invention from the eighteenth century to today. It explains the
development and the global spread of modern industrial society and
its effects on all our lives. The site expands upon the permanent
landmark gallery at the Science Museum, using the Web and dynamic
multimedia techniques to go far beyond what a static exhibition can
do.” (newsletter)
Man skal lige vænne sig til måden webstedet er opbygget på, men her
er mange interessante læsevenlige artikler ( fra det glimrende
britiske Science Museum i London)
A Buccaneer's Atlas
gratis online-bog univ of Calfornia press: Basil Ringrose's South Sea Waggoner,
Edited
by Derek Howse and Norman J. W. Thrower 1992. Basil Ringrose var pirat -
sørøver - fribytter. "As a criminal, Ringrose had something to be said for
him: not the most cruel and savage of the breed, he had a gift for sketching
harbors and for writing (when he was not seasick on a voyage) a very
readable kind of narrative—one of historical importance...."
www.boondocksnet.com har meget interessant materiale både om
imperialisme, anti-imperialisme mv. Det er siden man bør gå til i
forbindelse med "The White Man's Burden" og amerikansk imperialisme.
(af Jim Zwick)
Rettelser oghenvendelser om "dead links", kommentarer og forslag til
forbedringer modtages meget gerne afInger Blom-Hanssen,
Solrød Gymnasium, sgib at solgym.dk
