Forests have played a vital role in virtually all aspects of North Carolina's environmental health and economic development. The first European settlers in the region that would become North Carolina found the majority of the landscape...

The structure of families in medieval and modern times, and the patterns they follow are examined. These include topics such as household composition, age of marriage, life expectancy, inheritance customs, financial resources, disruptive...

This site offers a detailed presentation of the European Union. Topics covered include the union's policies, economic unity, and Europe in the world. You can also take the Euro Quiz.

After a fairly detailed introduction of Dutch history, this site gives in-depth information about the founding of the colony of New Netherlands and the Dutch West India Company. It discusses the political, social, and economic aspects of...

Read all four sections of this interview with historian Norman Stone to gain a better understanding of Russia's economic, political and social positions at the beginning of World War I.

Detailed essay discussing the socio-economic status of African Americans during the Great Drepression. Includes tables of employment and relief statistics.

This timeline of East Germany from 1945 to 1990 chronicles key events from communist domination to political and economic freedom with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.

Primary resources from 1920s period offers a sense of cultural, social, political and economic thought during that time period. Includes notes, questions for discussion, and links to supplemental material.

Embrace cultural diversity and the social and economic benefits that might arise if citizens integrated music into their lives in Paraguay. Encourage students to think about how music can change a country.

Presented in textbook format, this is a lengthy discussion of the political, economic, and legal reasons West Virginia became a state that joined the Union in the middle of the Civil War. Includes an excellent collection of downloadable...

Haldimand County consists of several distinct communities. Links for each of the communities in the county describe the community's history, economic and tourism activities.

The resource is a lesson guide that explores linear programming. Topics include the theoretical principles and techniques of linear programming. Learners solve economic problems using linear programming.

A professional journal that specializes in rural economics and sociology. Examples of topics: "Decomposition of olive oil production growth into productivity and size effects," "Which strategies for the beef chain challengers after the...

Financial crises have happened before, and - if history is any guide - they will happen again. One year after the subprime mortgage crisis, this Baker Library Historical Collections exhibit documents four major crises that occurred in an...

An informative article about fiber optics cabling. Includes an introduction, fiber-optic technology, an illustration, applications, advantages and disadvantages, economics, and summary.

Review of the last forty years of interstate highway development. Includes data in table and graph form detailing such areas as fatalities, cost, and economic impact.

The official site for the U.S. Agency for International Development. USAID "is the U.S. federal government agency that implements America's foreign economic and humanitarian assistance programs." Learn all about the work it does around...

The history of West Africa provides a context for learning about the transatlantic slave trade. Discover the rich cultural traditions and economic networks that existed in the West African empires such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhay long...

Did you know that in the earliest of times, Key West began as a coral forest under the sea water? Travel back in time and follow the rich detailed history of this region from its first inhabitants to its many economic resources to its...

A valuable resource for educators who are teaching their learners about money. A series of lesson plans cover everything from the different forms of currency over time, to trade and economic growth and exchange. Activities and games are...

Extensive information about tropical forests, including the plants, animals, and people found there. Also covers adaptations, biodiversity, economic benefits of tropical rain forests, and threats to their survival.

The "Race, Class, and the Politics of Place" chapter from a book with the above title. The chapter discribes the typical pattern of economic development that institutionally aludes blacks in the Southern Region of the US.

Overview of the political, social, and economic forces that existed in France during the sixteenth century. Links are provided to several different examples of French culture of the time. Resource created by a group interested in...

Site includes information on community services, tribal culture, history, economics, termination, and restoration.