American History Since 1877

Resources selected to supplement American History Since 1877 (HSTY 202) taught at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Emerging World Power, 1877-1914

Books in Our Library

• Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) [E757 .R794]
• Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations, v. 2. The American search for Opportunity, 1865-1913 [E183.7 .C24 1993 v.2]
• 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 [E715 .F7]
• Texts of Treaties Relating to the Panama Canal [JX235 .U5 1977]
• Zapata and the Mexican Revolution [F1234 .W8]

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.

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)

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

Other Media

• 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 ...'"

History Journals in Electronic Format

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."
• 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)."