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AMERICAN STUDIES WEB SITES

See the American Studies Dept. homepage for a description of Siena's program.


General

American Studies at University of Virginia - Includes popular culture, many ethnicities (African American, Native American, Arab   American, Latino, Asian etc.), philosophy & religion, gender studies, literature
American Studies Web Projects - Popular culture, social movements, multicultural West; from Wash. State Univ. 
Virtual Jamestown Rare (online) Map Collection - from University of Georgia Libraries
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
WestWeb - About the American West; from City University of N.Y.
Women Working 1800-1930 - Women’s roles in the U.S. economy

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Immigration

Ellis Island Immigration
Center for Immigration Studies
Immigration Sources (from Public Agenda)
Immigration Policy Center

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Native Americans

American Indian Studies(Metasite)
National Tribal Justice Resource Center

African Americans

Africans in America--Background articles, primary documents including slave narratives
Chronology of American Slavery
From Slavery to Freedom: African American Pamphlet Collection--
From the Library of Congress
North American Slave Narratives--
From Documenting the American South
Slave Narratives--
Collected by the WPA during the New Deal

Black History at Harpweek.com

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Mexican Americans


Spain and Texas Timeline (from Univ. Texas San Antonio) -
Great timeline (wait for it to load)
Spanish Borderlands (from Westweb)
Spanish Heritage

Borderlands Primary Sources

Colonial Latin America (mostly images)

Latin American Network Information Center

Other Ethnic

Chinese in California
Jewish Life in America
Rites of Passage in America
(from Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies)--
Folk customs from different cultures

New York

New York State Archives Digital Collections
--Contains historical documents, postcard and photo collections from all over NY
New York History Net
New York City History Web Resources -
Dozens of links including timelines, photos, Thomas Nast cartoons, song sheets,  illustrators, Bronx African American interviews etc.

Adirondack History -
Includes mining, logging, women, tuberculosis
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (newspaper) 1841-1902

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Art, Music, Culture


See the Creative Arts web page


American Cultural History 20th Century
American Cultural History 19th Century
Roaring 20’s and Jazz
National Gallery of Art
Native American Art
Traditional Fine Arts Organization
Incredible Art Resources from Princeton University
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Includes American art, African-American, Native American and world art
Historic American Sheet Music
FolkStreams -
Documentary films about American Folk Culture, video streamed on Internet


Religion


See the Religious Studies web page 

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Professional Associations

American Studies Association
Pop & American Culture Association

List Serv's

American Studies Listserv

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Databases

A list of Siena College databases relevant to American Studies


American Studies Journals

 

Directory of Open Access Journals--History
Siena Print and Electronic Journals List


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Remember to check CYRIL, the Library's catalog, for other resources.

 

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