LibGuides: History: Modern History

Books for Modern History

These materials can be used for the following course: HIS 163 The World Since 1945, HIS 165 Twentieth Century World, and for part of HIS 112 World Civilizations II, and HIS 132 American History II.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Call Number: CB 428 .H36848 2018

ISBN: 9780525512172

Publication Date: 2018-09-04

Yuval Noah Harari's 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today's most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive.
The Making of Modern America by Gary A. Donaldson
Call Number: E 741 .D66 2017

ISBN: 9781538104453

Publication Date: 2017-08-29

The Making of Modern America, introduces students to the cultural, social and political paths the United States has traveled from the end of WWII to the present day.
The Order of the Day by Éric Vuillard; Mark Polizzotti (Translator)
Call Number: PQ 2682 .U45 O7313 2018

ISBN: 9781590519691

Publication Date: 2018-09-25

Winner of the 2017 Prix Goncourt, this behind-the-scenes account of the manipulation, hubris, and greed that together led to Nazi Germany's annexation of Austria brilliantly dismantles the myth of an effortless victory and offers a dire warning for our current political crisis.
Vietnam by Max Hastings
Call Number: DS 557.7 .H37 2018

ISBN: 9780062405661

Publication Date: 2018-10-16

Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle.
Zlata's Diary: a child's life in wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic
Call Number: DR 1313.32 .S27 F5513 2006

ISBN: 9780143036876

When Zlata’s Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it describes. It begins as the day-today record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbor’s cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant. -from the publisher

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Bloomsbury Collections
History & Literature eBooks, including the series Daily Life, Critical Companions, and Literature in Context.
Academic OneFile
Gale Academic OneFile connects learners to the information they’re looking for with tools that make discovery fast and easy. This premier periodical resource provides millions of articles from scholarly journals and other authoritative sources with extensive coverage in key subject areas, such as biology, chemistry, criminal justice, economics, environmental science, history, marketing, political science, and psychology.
Academic Video Online
Academic Video Online delivers more than 66,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Britannica Academic Edition Online
This link provides access to the Encyclopedia Britannica's content with added features including multimedia.
Britannica Image Quest
Britannica Image Quest provides access to over two million rights-cleared images for use in presentations, online courses, and student projects.
Humanities, Social Issues & Religions
A collection of titles that provide additional perspectives on social issues and religions when cross-searched with Literature content in Artemis Literary Sources
Opposing Viewpoints
Gale: Opposing Viewpoints is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues. Drawing on the acclaimed Greenhaven Press series, the solution features continuously updated viewpoints, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.
Pop Culture Studies
Gale OneFile: Pop Culture Studies analyzes and contributes to popular culture by offering useful information for researchers in social science, history, art, and liberal arts courses.
War & Terrorism
Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism contains millions of articles to help researchers gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection is intended for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science.

Websites

Cold War Museum
The Cold War Museum is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to education, preservation, and research on the global, ideological, and political confrontations between East and West from the end of World War II to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Vietnam War
This site does not try to document the entire history of the Vietnam War, but is intended as a picture essay illustrating some of the incredible conditions under which soldiers from both sides lived, fought, played and ultimately died. The legendary combat photographer, Tim Page, took almost all of the images shown on this site and they are nothing short of stunning.