Cultural Imperialism—Resources at the Katharine Brush Library
Your project is to locate resources to determine the “balance sheet” on American and European imperialism
and colonialism in the latter part of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th. Most of your research will
done using the library’s book collection and some identified web sites. The book collection can be searched on
PeliCAT (the online catalog of the Katharine Brush Library), in ebrary® or in the ALS History E-Book
collection. There is limited information in SIRS and Expanded Academic ASAP or InfoTracOnefile, however
some newspapers in ProQuest Historical Newspapers cover the later fifty years of the 19th century.
All of the above resources can be accessed at the web site:
http://culturalimperialism.pbwiki.com/Cultural-Imperialism
For those of you who may be working at home, The Electronic Resources Sheet provides you with a
list of all of our databases and their usernames and passwords.
Guidelines for Library Use:
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This assignment mandates that you know something about imperialism in your assigned area. You
should be reading some background information about your area in the 19th century from a general
history book about your area or an encyclopedia. We have provided you with an excellent background
database (History Resource Center –World History) online and on the cart there are several
reference book on “colonialism” You might want to look at the Reference section of the library for other
reference sources. Jot down key words, names, dates and use them as access points to find
information in other sources. The more you know about your area, the better you can understand the
primary sources.
Physical books may not be checked out, but e-books may be used electronically in the library and at
home. There are several classes who will be using these resources. Take notes and jot down titles
and call numbers of the books that you have used. You can use these books in the library or online any
time.
A book cart will be placed near the Reference Desk so that you may place the books that you have
found to use at another time. All books must be returned to the book truck after usage. Also, yuj
even though a book is not on the truck, if you find it upstairs, it cannot be checked out if it has
anything to do with imperialism, colonialism or any history book that has to do with the area
you are investigating.
There will also be a cart of historical atlases and reference books near the Reference Desk. These
books do not leave the library.
Any photocopying of resources must be done with your Vendamat card. If you do not own one, you
may purchase one from the Circulation Desk for $7.00. Color copying is available at a cost of
$.50/page.
If your project is a poster board, all assembly of your projects must be done in seminar rooms in the
evening and on tables during the day. Come prepared with your own materials (colored pencils, pens,
glue, tape, markers, etc.)
If your project is a wiki, then the library’s computers will provide you with access to your wiki. Note that
you may note save your documents or images on library computer. Make sure that you come with a
flash drive to save documents or pictures on your wiki.
Since the library is in great demand with other academic projects, research and term papers, the
librarians reserve the right to ask you to work on your project with your group in other places on
campus during times when your class does not meet in the library. No group work during study
hours unless you sign up to use a seminar room at 7:45 p.m.
Please do not hesitate to ask a librarian for help if you are having trouble locating
information.
Resources on Imperialism and Colonialism
The following represents each useful resource and the subject headings or key words to access that
information. Remember to look at the table of contents and the index for specific references to your topic.
Also remember that primary sources may be found in secondary sources.
Books—PeliCAT and ebrary®
For PeliCAT, ebrary® and the History E-Book Project use a keyword search of “colonialism” or
“imperialism” to find general information.
For more specific information, use the following subject headings:
Africa—History
Sources
Africa—History to 1884
Vietnam—History—20th century—
Africa—History—1884-1918
Sources
Primary Sources (All on cart)
Africa—History—1884-1960
China—History
Sources of Chinese Tradition
China—History—1861-912
REF DS 721 .D33
China—History—19th century
Sources of Indian Tradition
China—History—19th century—
REF DS 423 .D33
Sources
Sources of Japanese Tradition
China—History—220th century
REF DS 821 .T7
China—History—Sources
Periodicals
China—History—War of 1840-1842
Expanded Academic ASAP
China—History—Opium Wars
East Asia—History
Choose a key word search
Imperialism—19th century
JSTOR
Imperialism—Sources
Indochina—Civilization
Choose a keyword search
India—History
Example: Africa colonization
India—History—19th century
India—History—British occupation,
SIRS—Newspaper and periodicals
1765-1947
India—History—British occupation,
on social and scientific issues
Click Subjects and type:
1765-1947—Sources
India—History—Sepoy Rebellion,
Colonization or Imperialism
857-1858
Newspapers—ProQuest Historical
British India
Newspapers covers The
Japan—History—19th century
Japan—History—1787-1868—
Washington Post, The Wall Street
Sources
Journal, The New York Times, The
Japan—History—1868Christian Science Monitor, The
Japan—History—1868—
Boston Globe, The Atlanta
Historiography
Constitution, The Los Angeles Times
(1983)
and The Hartford Courant. All of
Japan—History—1912-1945
these newspapers can be searched
Japan—History—1926-1945
individually and together, providing a
Japan—History—19th century
19th century perspective on
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Japan—History—20 century
imperialism.
Japan—Foreign relations
Vietnam—History
Vietnam—History—19th century
Vietnam—History—Sources
Vietnam—History—1858-1945—
Sources
Vietnam—History—1945-1975—