American History Since 1877

Chapter 21
Emerging World Power, 1877-1914

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These resources have been selected by librarians to supplement HSTY202 classes (American History from 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 the TC3 Collection

• The American Search for Opportunity, 1865-1913 by Walter LaFeber, Volume 2 of The Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations [E183.7 .C24 1993 v.2]
• Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) [E757 .R794]
• Great Rapprochement; England and the United States, 1895-1914 [E183.8.G7 P42 1968]
• Impossible Dream; the Building of the Panama Canal [TC774 .P38]
• Splendid Little War by Frank Burt Freidel [E715 .F7]
• Texts of Treaties Relating to the Panama Canal [JX235 .U5 1977]
• Zapata and the Mexican Revolution [F1234 .W8]. Also available online via ACLS Humanities E-Book collection.

Don't hesitate to ask a reference librarian for help in locating other books owned by us or for help in using WorldCat, the wordwide database of library books and materials that you can use to interlibrary books owned by other libraries.

Subject Headings

Try these suggested subject headings to find books on Emerging World Power, 1877-1914 in the TC3 Library Catalog, the SUNY Union Catalog and WorldCat.

• Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
• United States, Foreign relations
• United States, Politics and government, 1865-1918

Multimedia

• America Becomes a World Power - "This program covers the opening of Japan, the acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii, the Open Door Policy in China, the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion." Part of the eight-part series - America in the 20th Century. Streaming video via Films on Demand (30 minutes).
• The Theodore Roosevelt CD-ROM [electronic resource] [CD-Rom] [Media E660.R7 T45 2000] - "Notes: 'Published for the Centennial of his governorship by the Theodore Roosevelt Association in association with the New York State Centennial Commission and the National Park Service, Theodore Roosevelt birthplace ...'"

Locating Journal Articles in Databases

History-related electronic 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

• Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) - Available in "100 Milestone Documents".
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers - Library of Congress site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910. Currently viewable in full-text are newspapers from California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, and Virginia. New York newspapers include The New-York Tribune, The Evening World, and The Sun.
• Emma Goldman Papers - Collection of primary source documents (letters, telegrams, handbills.)
• Encyclopedia Titanica - "RMS Titanic passenger and crew biography, Titanic history, research and discussions."
• Foreign Relations of the United States, 1900-1918 - Digital facsimile of "the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication."
• South Texas Border, 1900-1920: Photographs from the Robert Runyon Collection - Runyon's "photographs document the history and development of South Texas and the border, including the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. military presence at Fort Brown and along the border prior to and during World War I, and the growth and development of the Rio Grande Valley."
• Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures - "These films ... consist of actualities filmed in the U.S., Cuba, and the Philippines, showing troops, ships, notable figures, and parades, as well as reenactments of battles and other war-time events."
• U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) - PBS
• United States and its Territories, 1870-1925 The Age of Imperialism - "Full text of monographs and government documents published in the United States, Spain, and the Philippines between 1870 and 1925. The primary focus of the material is the Spanish-American war and subsequent American governance (approximately 1898-1910)."

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