Race, Labor and Capitalism in the Americas: Getting Started: Basic Resources

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Bibliography of Slavery and World Slavery
Searchable database referencing approximately 25,000 scholarly works published since 1900, as well as unpublished papers.

American History in Video
Digitized documentaries, newsreel films, and archival footage.   Rutgers-restricted Access

Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas

Philip P. Wiener. New York, Scribner, 1973-1974. 5 volumes.

A basic resource for tracing the development of major concepts (e.g., Class; Equality; Labor) in history. Lengthy, signed scholarly essays with bibliography.

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

Maryanne Cline Horowith. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005. 6 volumes.

Over 700 signed articles with up to date bibliographies. While the Dictionary of the History of Ideas was decidedly Eurocentric in its approach, articles in the NDHI are written from a global, multicultural perspective. Emphasize is on developments in scholarship since 1970.

Scholarly encyclopedias can give you an overview of a topic as well as some basic bibliography.

The Color of Words: An Encyclopedia Dictionary of Ethnic Bias in the United States

Philip H. Herbst. Yarmouth, Me., Intercultural Press, 1997.

Herbst, an anthropologist, offers definitions, as well as the social and historical origins, of 850 frequently misunderstood, offensive, or politically-charged ethnic and racial terms used in the U.S. Available?

Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States

Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 2005. 3 vols.

Some 450 scholarly entries dealing with concepts, theories, people, events, legislation, court cases, and specific racial and ethnic groups. Includes an appendix of primary documents: slave codes, legal documents, speeches, and texts. Sneak Peak

Dana Call Number: REF E184.A1E773 2005

St. James Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide: Major Events in Labor History and Their Impact

"In-depth analysis of more than 300 key events in labor history over the last 200 years, focusing on the relevance of these events to both the labor movement as a whole and to societal changes around the world."