Resource Guide
Textbooks
Most American history textbooks, including the one issued in the class, are good sources for information
for research projects.
Encyclopedias on CD
The following are several encyclopedias that come on CD-ROM. These can be used without an Internet
connection and are a good source for information on the content of this lesson.
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Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2003, Microsoft Corporation
2002 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia Deluxe. Broderbund
World Book 2003 Deluxe Edition. Topics Entertainment
Encyclopedia Britannica 2003 Ultimate Reference Suite. Pearson Software
Online Encyclopedias (Free)
These Internet sites provide searchable encyclopedias that do not require a password to access.
1. Encyclopedia.Com http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Alacritude, LLC. Copyright © 2003
2. Yahoo reference http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Copyright © 2000 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
3. Economic History Services http://www.eh.net/
Resources by Subject
United States Labor History
Books:
The following are a sampling of types of books that are available from school libraries. This list came from
a search of SunLink (http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu./) resources on labor history. Interlibrary loans are
available for participating school libraries. Public libraries should have books on this subject, as well.
1. Haskins, James. The Long Struggle: The Story of American Labor. Philadelphia: Westminster Press,
1976.
2. Livesay, Harold C. Samuel Gompers and Organized Labor in America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1978.
3. Leuzzi, Linda. Industry and Business. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1997.
4. Meltzer, Milton. Bread--and Roses; the Struggle of American Labor, 1865-1915. New York: A. A.
Knopf, 1967.
5. Selvin, David F. Champions of Labor. London, New York. Abelard-Schuman, 1967.
6. Taft, Philip. Defending Freedom: American Labor and Foreign Affairs. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing
Co., 1973.
7. Werstein, Irving. The Great Struggle; Labor in America. New York: Scribner, 1965.
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Websites:
These are a few examples of some Internet sites for finding information on labor history in the United
States.
1. Chicago Anarchists on Trial http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ichihtml/hayhome.html. Library of
Congress American Memory Collection.
2. A Curriculum of United States Labor History for Teachers. http://www.kentlaw.edu/ilhs/curricul.htm.
Illinois Labor History Society.
Immigration
Books:
The following are a sampling of types of books that are available from school libraries. This list came from
a search of SunLink (http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu./) resources on immigration. Interlibrary loans are
available for participating school libraries. Public libraries should have books on this subject, as well.
1. Blumenthal, Shirley. Coming to America: Immigrants from the British Isles. New York: Delacorte Press,
1980.
2. Daniels, Roger. Coming to America: A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life. New York,
NY: HarperCollins, 1990.
3. Nixon, Joan Lowery. Land of Hope. New York: Bantam, 1992.
4. Perrin, Linda. Coming to America: Immigrants from the Far East. New York: Delacorte Press, 1980.
5. Robbins, Albert. Coming to America, Immigrants from Northern Europe. New York: Delacorte Press,
1981.
Websites:
These are a few examples of some Internet sites for finding information on labor history in the United
States.
1. The American Immigration Home Page. http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/Immigration/
Jonathan Lee and Robert Siemborski.
2. Fabric of a Nation: Stories of American Immigration.
http://nie.newsobserver.com//immigration/page2.html / Donna Seese writer; Ryan Keefer, Website
design; Lewis Chapman, design and layout.
3. FAIR: U.S. Immigration History. http://www.fairus.org/history.htm. Federation for American Immigration
Reform.
4. Immigration History Research Center. http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/. University of Minnesota, College of
Liberal Arts.
Urbanization of the United States
Books:
The following are a sampling of types of books that are available from school libraries. This list came from
a search of SunLink (http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu./) resources on urbanization. Interlibrary loans are
available for participating school libraries. Public libraries should have books on this subject, as well.
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Cook, Ann. City Life, 1865-1900; Views of Urban America. New York: Praeger 1973.
Green, Constance McLaughlin. The Rise of Urban America. New York: Harper & Row 1965.
Habenstreit, Barbara. The Making of Urban America. New York: J. Messner, 1970.
Hanmer, Trudy J. The Growth of Cities. New York: Franklin Watts, 1985.
Kalman, Bobbie. Early City Life. Toronto; New York: Crabtree Pub. Co., 1991.
Socialism, Communism, and Anarchy in the United States
Books:
The following are a sampling of types of books that are available from school libraries. This list came from
a search of SunLink (http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu./) resources on socialism, communism, and anarchy in
the United States. Interlibrary loans are available for participating school libraries. Public libraries should
have books on this subject, as well.
Fried, Albert. Socialism in America: From the Shakers to the Third International / A Documentary History.
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970.
Kronenwetter, Michael. Capitalism vs. Socialism: Economic Policies of the USA and the USSR. New
York: Franklin Watts, 1986.
Lerner, Warren. A History of Socialism and Communism in Modern Times: Theorists, Activists, and
Humanists. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
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