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The British Empire An Internet Gateway by Dr. Jane Samson
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British Empire GatewayWhat's happening?Find out about journals and discussion lists connected with British empire or Commonwealth studies. Online courses: Here you'll find courses on various aspects of the British imperial experience, including history, literature and cultural studies. Links to other sites: Visit other gateways, libraries, writings and images of empire, as well as sites dedicated to colonies past and present. I've designed these to provide a range of perspectives. You're welcome to send me links! If you'd like me to include your course, or if you'd like to see more about particular places or viewpoints, please click here to email me: JANE.SAMSON@UALBERTA.CA
Contents:1. Centres of Commonwealth Studies 2. Journals 3. Discussion Lists 1. Centres of Commonwealth studies: Centre for Commonwealth Studies, Stirling Centre
for Commonwealth, United Nations and International Affairs, Dundee Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London The Commonwealth of Learning, an international
network or find
individual historians researching/teaching British imperial and
Commonwealth history in the UK 2. Journals:Commonwealth,
a journal of postcolonial literature published in
France. Cultures of
the Commonwealth, also published in France The Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies
The
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, published in the UK JOUVERT, a journal of postcolonial studies Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial
Studies Post-Colonial Studies The Round Table, a journal of historical and
contemporary Commonwealth affairs, published in the UK Journal of colonialism & colonial history , an
electronic publication available through Project Muse. You might not be
able to view the journal unless you are located at a subscribing
institution.3. Discussion Lists:"EmpireHist: The British Empire Mailing List"an email discussion group founded by Alexander Schulenburg, focusing on the history of the British Empire and Commonwealth since the 15th century "H-Net Discussion Networks"a compendium of dozens of email discussion lists including lists on world history, African, Indian, Middle eastern, British and colonial American history, and much more Distance-learning
MA in History: Imperialism and Culture administered by Professor
Barbara Bush at the School of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam
University, UK. "British
Imperialism" by Dr. Bret Benjamin, University of Texas "Empire
and the British Novel" by Dr. Cannon Schmitt, Grinnell
College "Literature
of the Nineteenth Century British Empire" by Dr. Robert Brinlee,
Virginia Tech, U.S.A.
1. Resources and GatewaysACLALS (Association for Commonwealth Literature and
Language Studies) The Archives Hub,
a gateway to archive collections held in UK universities and
colleges, including material on imperial history."The Second British Empire: Reserve Bibliography"
by Profs. Pederson and Travers, Harvard University "Select
Bibliography for the Age of Empire" by Dr. Christopher C. Lovett,
Emporia State University "Postimperial and Postcolonial Literature in English.
The British Empire: A Selected Bibliography" compiled by Prof.
George P. Landow, Brown University Contemporary
Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English an impressive
site with historical background and links "Victorian Images of India: India Bibliography" by
Prof. Teresa Mangum, University of Iowa History
of the UK: primary documents The Royal Commonwealth Society BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 2. General Sites"Land
Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth"(a huge amount of
military history information, particularly in the form of links to
other sites) "The British Empire: An Overview" from The
Victorian Web "BBCi. History: The British Empire" Britain's
Possessions 1497-1800 Nineteenth-Century
British and Indian Armies"British
Empire Studies" a British Library web site with extensive links to:
Museums Libraries Archives; Institutes, Universities, Conferences,
Journals, Bibliographies, Mailing Lists, and more. "The British
Empire" by Stephen Luscombe: another huge site with a huge number
of links, historical information, articles, bibliographies, maps, and
more. "Imperialism
During the 19th Century", a set of links for secondary school use."The New Imperialism" by Prof. Gerhard Rempel,
Western New England College The British
Empire and Commonwealth Museum . The museum, located in Bristol,
opened its permanent galleries in 2002. It shows how the British Empire
evolved into
independent nations of the Commonwealth, and its global impact through
interchanges of peoples, languages, institutions, trade and cultures. BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 3. Maps and Images"The British Empire: Map Room" "Images
of the Black Victorians" a site devoted to the history of black
people in Victorian Britain, but covers a wider scope, explains links
between the expanding empire and the changing experience of Black
people in Britain. RCS Photograph Project (a Cambridge University
Library online database and gallery of the Royal Commonwealth Society
Photograph Collection) Trading Places: The East India Company & Asia a
British Library site full of maps and images relating to the East India
Company Canadian
Heritage Gallery (maps, images, documents) "Caribmap: A
Cartographic History of the West Indies" BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 4. Miscellaneous Sites of InterestFreemasons and the British Empire Tea
Production in the British Empire "Cable
and Wireless: A History: Around the World" - describes the role of
the Cable and Wireless Company in the creation and maintenance of the
British empire in the nineteenth century The
British Council history website - explains what the British Council
was designed to do, and describes its history between the 1930s and the
present (numerous historians discuss and debate its history) "British Empire, Dominion, Commonwealth Countries and
the FAA 1939-1945" (Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945) "The Cyprus Problem", includes an overview of
British rule in Cyprus. BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 5. Africa (for Egypt see Middle East)Africana Strengths online resources for studying
colonial Africa The Universal Black Pages Internet African History Sourcebook covers ancient
history to modern Africa "Scramble for Africa" "The Story of Africa" (a BBC series in which
African historians tell the story of Africa, including the age of
empire, from an African perspective) "The Boer War South Africa, 1899-1902" History of Kenya
"History
of Mauritius" a Government of Mauritius web site Nigeria: country profile and history Botswana
history a government of Botswana web site University of Botswana History Department, an
extensive site including links to information about Botswana history,
colonial officials and the south African (Boer) War. Thanks to Bruce
Bennett for the link! Slavery and Antislavery United States National Museum of Slavery "The British Abolition Movement" by Mark Aronowitz,
Miami University (Ohio) "Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade" a
Spartacus Educational website (UK) BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 6. Middle East"History in the News: the Middle East" a SUNY
Albany site covering Middle East history ancient to present, current
politics, and some bibliographies MidEast Web
GateWay twentieth-century Arab and Israeli history "Middle
East Bibliography - Mandate Palestine" "The Middle East during World War One" by Prof.
David R. Woodward, on the BBCi web site "Afghanistan Online" - a site with Afghan history
from 50,000 B.C.E. to the present, geography, culture, art, politics,
and much more. "The
Soviet War in Afghanistan: History and Harbinger of Future War?" -
a long essay for Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta by two retired army
officers, General (Ret) Mohammad Yahya Nawroz of the Army of
Afghanistan and LTC (Ret) Lester W. Grau of the U. S. Army AfghanSite Network's history pages covers ancient
history to the Afghan Civil War Iraq
History Iraq History Series
(mostly the twentieth century) Iraqi History (WWW Virtual Library page - lots of
links) BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 7. South AsiaChronology
of Modern India with links on British India History of
Bombay/Mumbai South Asian Diaspora "Internet Indian History Sourcebook" extensive site
covering ancient history to the present and religious history East India Company history part of a UCLA site on
the history of India more generally "The Epic of the Race: India 1857" historical
background, description of rebellion, and its aftermathHistory of Bangladesh The Indiaman Magazine (a genealogy and history
magazine about the British in India) Center
for Study of the Life and Work of William Carey, D.D. (1761-1834).
Carey was a missionary, botanist and linguist in Bengal. Thanks to
Myron C. Noonkester for the link! BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 8. Southeast Asia"Ch'ing
China: The Opium Wars" History of Hong Kong covers up to pre-takeover "Sino-British
Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of the HKSAR" a government of
Hong Kong information site with discussion of reunification, the
declaration, and current situation in Hong Kong Malaysian History BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 9. CanadaLoyalists Religion in
Colonial America (includes Canada) "Backgrounder Historic Indian Treaties" "American
Indian History and Related Issues" Canadian Museum of Civilization "Canadian
History Gateway - Annotated Directory of Online Resources" Canadian
History Portal (lots of links) Canadian
History (WWW Virtual Library) Canadian
Heritage Gallery (maps, images, documents) BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 10. Colonial USAThe American
Revolution Archiving Early
America Colonial
America Timeline USA:
Colonial Period New
Jersey Historic Documents Maps of colonial America "Colonial America 1600-1775" "America in the British Empire" (an essay covering
the mid-sixteenth century to 1783) "America in the British Empire" an essay and some
multiple-choice quizzes "The Charters of Freedom" a government site
containing the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of
Rights, and historical discussion about them, photos of them, etc. BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP West IndiesJamaica
History Jamaica National Heritage Trust web site covering
pre-Columbian Jamaica to independence "World History Archives: The History of the Caribbean
and Bermuda" "Caribmap: A Cartographic
History of the West Indies" BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 12. South PacificThe Australian Studies Network History
Resources on the Australian Studies Network Australian History New Zealand
History Norfolk
Island Web Site Pacific
Islands Internet Resources Home Page Samoa History
"Chronological
History of Samoa" The Tonga Page The Tongan History Association(has the
Association's newsletter and numerous links) BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP 13. The British Empire TodayGeneral SitesInternational
Centre for Island Studies has an extensive index of islands with
information about them; includes most current British dependencies British Dependent Territories Bermuda HistoryThe
Falkland Islands WarPitcairn Island InformationThe St.
Helena Institute Web Site BACK TO CONTENTS / BACK TO TOP You're welcome to send comments or questions to me at jane.samson@ualberta.ca Site updated on 1 January, 2004. © Jane Samson, 2004. |
