Modern (1800 CE - 1950 CE)
Kodak Advertisement
When one evaluates a newspaper or a magazine as a source of information, the question of the intended audience almost always comes up. Who was this newspaper intended for? Who actually subscribes to this magazine? One way to answer such questions is through an analysis of advertisements.
The People’s Map of Global China
This website maps the international activities of Chinese businesses or government affairs, to create an idea of “Global China.”
London Newspaper
This source represents both the power and importance of context when reading local sources and how the speed of information has changed drastically over time.
History21
The most meaningful goal of this site is its emphasis on epistemology, and students learning how to think historically.
French Renaissance Paleography
This website is a compilation of manuscripts from France through 1300 to 1700, which come from a variety of sources, such as legal documents, contracts, or calligraphy books.
Posada Broadsheet
This broadsheet was made my Mexican printer Jose Guadlupe Posada in 1903. The broadsheet itself was called Calavera oaxaqueña, of "the skull from Oaxaca," in reference to the rural city it was published for.
Native Land
It is a good place to start learning about knowledge generation and how indigenous groups and settlers can come together to document their histories.
Primer: Rewriting of Sub-Saharan African History
The history of Africa, and especially Sub-Saharan Africa, has often been presented from a Eurocentric point of view.
Saving Slave Houses
The author [discusses things] such as preservation and documentation, to show the relevance and impact of work that deals with the history of enslavement.