HIST 3364-01: Study & Writing: Space before Google Maps: Geography & Power

Welcome

This LibGuide provides introductory information to research, writing, and bibliographic instruction

Welcome to Space before Google Maps

For this class, you will be focusing on learning about the study and writing of history as a subject. To provide an entry point for that examination, for this class you will explore the interplay between geography and power.

This guide is designed to introduce you to:

Resources: Introduction to Primary Materials

Global Commodities
Focused on 15 significant commodities: Chocolate, Coffee, Cotton, Fur, Oil, Opium, Porcelain, Silver & Gold, Spices, Sugar, Tea, Timber, Tobacco, Wheat, and Wine & Spirits. Each commodity is documented through manuscript materials, maps, posters, paintings, photographs, and rare books, allowing students to explore the origins of the commodity, their first uses, the trade that developed and the ways in which these items were marketed and consumed.

WHO Global Health Atlas
In a single electronic platform, the WHO’s Communicable Disease Global Atlas is bringing together for analysis and comparison standardized data and statistics for infectious diseases at country, regional, and global levels. The analysis and interpretation of data are further supported through information on demography, socioeconomic conditions, and environmental factors. The database includes a category for human resources for health information. Users can download information in reports, charts and maps as well as use the mapping interface to select geographic areas of interest and creat maps of diseases, the location of health facilities and the density of health personnel by category.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps
Hosted by the University of Texas Libraries, this collection includes global and regional maps across multiple centuries.
Afriterra: The Cartographic Free Library
The Afriterra Library embraces a non-profit mission to access, preserve, and apply the cartographic record of Africa, enabling broader interpretation and transformative education. Covers over 500 years in 8 languages with over 3000 creators.