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Student Site
Chapter 30: The End of the Cold War and
the Rise of the Global Economy, 1975-2000
Links
 Ancestors in the
Americas,
http://www.pbs.org/ancestorsintheamericas/
"Companion Web site for the PBS series Ancestors in
the Americas, on the history of Asian Americans in North America. The
site includes a timeline and individual stories from Asian American
immigrants and descendants of those immigrants. These stories touch on
many issues that have faced the Asian American community, such as race
and racism, preservation of tradition, and adjustment to a new culture."*
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project,
http://www.chcp.org/Pvirtual.html
"Virtual Museum of Chinese History and Culture.
This site features articles and images on Chinese culture including
music, decorative arts, marriage practices, and festivals. A special
section also includes information on Chinese in the New World, with
articles on the San Jose Chinese Cemetery, Chinatown in the Caribbean,
and the history of the fortune cookie."*
Cloning,
http://www.pathfinder.com/TIME/cloning/home.html
"Excellent site from TIME magazine on cloning,
politics, and the future of cloning technology. The site looks at the
first major cloning of an adult mammal, which resulted in a lamb named
Dolly, created at the Roslin Institute. This experiment spanned a
worldwide debate over the ethics of cloning and the possibility of human
cloning. The site explores these issues and includes excellent
photographs and graphics."*
Culture Wars 101,
http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/josman/culture/
"A collection of information and commentary on the
"culture wars" in the United States. Created by Johannes D. Claerbout,
the site contains essays and news articles from a variety of different
perspectives on the abortion debate, homosexuality, the educational
system, pornography, and other heated issues. There are also links to
other Web sites and a humor section."*
Documenting Asian America,
http://chnm.gmu.edu/AsianAm/DAA/
"A document collection on Asian American history
from George Mason University and the University of Maryland at College
Park. The site presents family histories, map exercises, oral histories,
and web projects that trace the movements and life experiences of
individual Asian Americans who have contributed their stories to the
document project."*
Documents Related to the Iran-Contra Affair,
http://webcom.com/pinknoiz/covert/irancontra.html
"A collection of state documents on the Iran-Contra
affair. Obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and collated by
Pink Noise Studio, the documents include the Summary of the Report of the
Independent Counsel, the official indictment of Defense Secretary Caspar
Weinberger, and materials on Oliver North and the connection between the
Contras and drug trafficking."*
Gallup Polls,
http://www.gallup.com/index.html
"Homepage of the Gallup Organization, a national
and international polling organization. Gallup polls gather information
about political, social, business, and religious attitudes in the United
States and abroad. This information is helpful in determining general
trends and shifts in behaviors and attitudes over periods of weeks,
months, or years. This site features news articles on the latest Gallup
polls and research data."*
Japanese American National Museum,
http://www.janm.org/main.htm
"Homepage of the Japanese American National Museum
in Los Angeles. The museum includes a virtual exhibit hall, which houses
documents and images on various aspects of the Japanese American
experience. Exhibits include "The Life and Work of George Hoshida: A
Japanese American's Journey," an exhibit on the contacts between the
Japanese American, African American, and Latino communities in Los
Angeles and a collection of letters from Japanese American students
interned during World War II."*
Korean American Digital
Archive,
"A database of manuscripts, documents, photographs,
and oral histories from Korean Americans. The collection includes over
11,000 pages of documents and over 1,300 photographs from several
component collections. The database is searchable through the component
collections or as a whole."*
Men of the Year: Reagan, Andropov, and Gorbachev,
http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/special/moy/
"Reproductions of three Time Magazine "Man of the
Year" articles pertinent to the Cold War developments of the 1980s. The
site is maintained by the magazine and contains articles from 1980, 1983,
and 1987. The 1980 article discusses Ronald Reagan's appeal on the eve of
his presidency; the 1983 article on Reagan and the new Soviet leader Yuri
Andropov sheds light on the arms buildup and general Cold War resurgence;
and the 1987 article on Mikhail Gorbachev discusses the policies of
glasnost and perestroika, which precipitated the Soviet collapse. Click
on 1980s link."*
The Chinese American Museum,
http://www.camla.org/
"Homepage of the Chinese American Museum in Los
Angeles. A timeline of Chinese Americans in Los Angeles, from 1769 until
the present, and individual stories of Chinese Americans living in Los
Angeles offer the student a sense of the major events for the L.A.
Chinese American community, as well as insight into the personal lives of
the community members."*
The Gulf War,
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
"A documentary treatment of the Gulf War conflict.
A companion to the Gulf War documentary produced by the PBS series
Frontline, the site includes maps, a chronology, interviews with decision
makers and soldiers from the various sides of the conflict, audio clips,
and a sections on weapons and technology."*
The Nuclear Age Timeline,
http://www.em.doe.gov/timeline/
"A survey of the development of nuclear technology
through the present. Established by the Department of Energy, the
text-only site is organized chronologically by decade. The 1980s section
covers the escalation of the arms race, its impact on international
relations, and the controversy over the use of nuclear power as a primary
energy source."*
U.S. Census Bureau,
http://www.census.gov/population/www
"Homepage of the U.S. Census Bureau. This site
houses data from the U.S. Census, focusing on the 1990 and 2000 censuses.
The census gathers data on many facets of American society including
race, ancestry, income, education, population, age, labor, housing,
commerce, disabilities, and health care. The validity of census data is
constantly debated, but it is still used by many news, political, and
other organizations to demonstrate the composition of American society in
the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries."*
* sv. "Links",
http://bedfordstmartins.com/tap/
Primary Documents
Maps and Photos
Richard Nixon
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Jimmy Carter
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Ronald Reagan
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Saddam Hussein
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Slobodan Milosevic
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Osama bin Laden
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