U.S. Society and Culture in the 1890s

Gold Fever
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/amex/gold/
A companion website to the American Experience program of the same name, this site includes excerpts from prospector's personal writings, lists of suggested supplies for Klondike travel, and a teacher's guide.

How the Other Half Lives
http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/inforev/riis/title.html
A hypertext version of this work by Jacob Riis, including some illustrations.  David Phillips created the hypertext version.

Modernism Timeline
http://faculty.washington.edu/eckman/timeline.html
This website, produced by John Eckman, is a timeline that covers 1890-1940.  You can search by date, using a range of dates, or by keyword and create a timeline of significant people, events, and works.  You can then search for websites on that subject using a link to search engines.  Some timeline items have websites already listed.

The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/WCE/title.html
This hypertextual thesis by Julie K. Rose provides a great deal of information about the Chicago World's Fair, including a virtual tour.
 
 
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