Modern History Project

"A little learning is a
dangerous thing"

History, American

• Constitution Society
Online version of the U.S. Constitution, commentaries, and other historic documents. See "references" section.
• History Matters
Collections of books and essays, links to history-related websites (George Mason Univ)
• History of U.S. Independence
Profiles of U.S. founding fathers, history of the Constitution, etc.
• Making of America Books
A collection of online history books, from the Univ of Michigan
• National Archives
The official site of the U.S. National Archives. Very extensive.
• Raw History
Excerpts from historic documents, commentary on political philosophy, etc.
• Revolutionary War and Beyond
Essays on the American revolution, quotes from "Founding Fathers", etc
• The American Presidency Project
Online collection of Presidential speeches and documents, from Univ of California
• The Avalon Project
Collection of historic documents and treaties from Yale Law School
• U.S. History
Searchable encyclopedia of U.S. history information, including maps, biographies, etc.

• American Diplomacy (monthly)
Journal on American diplomacy issues from the University of North Carolina
• American Foreign Relations
Essays from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
• America's Great Depression
Timeline and other documentation about the Great Depression period of the 1930's
• Atomic Archive -- History of the Nuclear Age
History, timelines and biographies of the nuclear age (Manhattan Project, etc)
• Atomic Heritage Foundation
History of the WW2 Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb
• Philip Gavin: The History Place
Timelines and articles about various periods in American history

• Rick Porrello -- American Mafia
Articles documenting the history of organized crime in America, links to other resources