American History to 1877

Chapter 9
Economic Transformation, 1820-1860

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These resources have been selected by librarians to supplement HSTY 201 classes (American History to 1877) at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

• Gale Virtual Reference Collection
• Books and eBooks in TC3 Collection
• Subject Headings
• Multimedia
• Locating Journal Articles in Databases
• Web Resources

Gale Virtual Reference Collection

TC3 students and staff have access to the Gale Virtual Reference Library which has over 250 academic reference encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. This is a good place to start your research because it provides useful background information.

Books and eBooks in TC3 Collection

• Cotton and the Growth of the American Economy, 1790-1860; Sources and Readings compiled and edited by Stuart Bruchey [HD9075 .B86 1967]
• Drunkard’s Progress: Narratives of Addiction, Despair, and Recovery [HV5068 .D78 1999]
• From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor In the United States [HD8066 .M86 2001]
• From Working Girl to Working Mother: the Female Labor Force in the United States, 1820-1980 [HD6095 .W39 1985]
• Hard At Play: Leisure in America, 1840-1940 [GV53 .H28 1992]
• Image of the American City in Popular Literature, 1820-1870 [PS217.C57 S56]
• Inhuman Bondage: the Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World [E441 .D2495 2006]
• The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846 by Charles Sellers [HC105 .S38 1991]
• Nuts and Bolts of the Past: a History of American Technology, 1776-1860 by David Freeman Hawke [T21 .H39 1988]
• Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman’s Rights Convention [HQ1413.S67 W45 2004]
• Shifting Fortunes: the Rise and Decline of American Labor, from the 1820s to the Present [HD8066 .N37 1997]
• Slavery in the Cities; the South, 1820-1860 [E443 .W3]
• Transportation Revolution, 1815-1860 [HE203 [T348 1968]
• Work in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society [REF HD8066 .W637 2003]

Note: To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the main Library Gateway page and search the TC3 Catalog. Use the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat to find books in other libraries which you can request through the TC3 Library's Interlibrary Loan service.

Subject Headings

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on this topic in the TC3 Library Catalog as well as in the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat. To find books in the TC3 Library, go to the Search TC3 Library box on the the main Library page.

• American Literature, 19th Century, History and Criticism
• Antislavery Movements, United States, History
• Cities and Towns, Southern States
• Labor, United States, History
• Leisure, Social Aspects, United States, History, Congresses
• Temperance
• Transportation, United States, History
• Women, Employment, United States, History
• Woman’s Rights Convention (1st : 1848 : Seneca Falls, N.Y.)
• Working class, United States, Encyclopedias
• Working class, United States, History

Multimedia

• Sins of our mothers [videorecording]: the story of Emeline [Media F29.F4 S56 1988] - "Presents the true story of Emeline Gurney, on which Judith Rossner’s novel Emmeline is based. At 13, Emeline was sent by her parents from Fayette, Maine to live and work in the mills at Lowell, Mass. Within a year she had been seduced, given birth to an illegitimate son, given him to strangers and returned to her parents’ home in Maine. Many years later she marries a man from Massachusetts, who is later revealed to be her illegimate son. Using town and church records and interviews with townspeople who knew her, the program reveals attitudes about community, morality and social conditions in 19th century New England."

Locating Journal Articles in Databases

History-related journals are available to TC3 students and staff in our electronic databases and in our list of full-text electronic journals by title & Subject.

Web Resources

• American Women's History: a Research Guide- Presents a timeline and links to specific historical events from pertinent online sources, as well as a guide to research sources for that period. Relevent documents include: Ladies' Collegiate Institute, Worcester, Mass - 1856.
• Diary of Philip Hone, 1828-1851, vol. 1 - This volume begins Sunday May 18, 1828 and ends December 30, 1839.
• Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music ca. 1820 - 1860- Part of the American Memory Project it contains some 15,000 plus sheets of registered sheet music. Included in its vast array are popular songs from the time period, arias, scores for piano, as well sacred and secular music.

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