Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Program for Communist of Indochina, 1930
This English translation of Ho Chi Minh's plan for the Communist Party of Indochina in 1930 provides a blueprint for his goal of the communist overthrow of the French colonial regime in Vietnam.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Angel Island Poetry
Excellent site from the University of Illinois that provides the themes and the poetry of Asian detainees held on Angel Island. Site also includes an Asian American History Timeline, text of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island...
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Art of Asia: Architecture
View the architecture and understand the history and importance of a reception hall, scholar's library and study, audience hall, and a teahouse.
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State of California: Immigration Station Angel Island
Memories of Angel Island immigration station are sometimes bittersweet as the Station was designed to "Exclude new arrivals." Site provides the interesting history of this immigration station of the West.
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Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
The Angel Island Foundation provides a history of the Immigration Station that was in operation from 1910 to 1940. Find information on the journey across the Pacific and conditions upon arriving at the Station.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: American Radicalism
The American Radicalism Collection holds over 17,000 items. It includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and ephemeral material covering a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, and economic issues in America. The emphasis...
PBS
This Is Home: The Hmong in Minnesota
This radio series gives an up-close-and-personal view of Hmong history, culture and the challenges of resettling in the U.S. Listen to, or read transcripts of, interviews with Hmong refugees, a clan leader trained by the CIA as part of...
University of California
Ucla: Americans of Filipino Descent Fa Qs
This site provides a good compilation of information on Filipinos in the US- including how, when, and why Filipinos came and noteworthy Filipino-Americans. You can download a chronology of Filipino-American history and jumpt to other...
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Canada Tibet Committee
The Canada Tibet Committee supports Tibetans in Canada through ts fundraising and awareness campaigns. Here you can read news items, learn more about Tibet's history and the Tibetan community in Canada, and read about His Holiness the...
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Www Hmong Homepage
Hmong Homepage serves as a gathering place for information about the Hmong, a people indigenous to Vietnam and Laos, and their diaspora following the Vietnam War. Includes historical information about Hmong people and extensive...
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The Elephant Sanctuary
Learn about the facility, view live and archived videos of the resident elephants and learn their histories and that of elephants in general. Visit the photo gallery and read the newsletter and other news from "around the globe". In...
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Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
This is the home site for the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens. This site houses a lot of information on everything from the plants, animals, history, and education associated with the Gardens. The site provides many pictures...
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet: Malaysian History
This survey of the history of Malaysia covers the Southeast Asian country's independence from Britain in 1957 to the present and features a map and photographs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Buddhism
Buddhism is one of the world's great religions, and has deeply influenced the character and evolution of Asian civilization over the past 2,500 years. It is based on the teachings of a historical figure, Siddhartha Gautama, who lived...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Anti Filipino Sentiment of the Early 1900s
Analyze primary sources in the media gallery and create an illustrated poem to learn how and why Filipino Americans faced racial prejudice and discrimination during the early 1900s. This anti-Asian racism is connected to U.S....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty is one of the great dynasties in Chinese history, encompassing nearly four hundred years of expansion and consolidation which coincided with the period of the Roman republic and empire in the West. The period is usually...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Shang Dynasty
The Shang dynasty extends from roughly 1500 to 1050 B.C.E. According to various histories the Shang people originated along the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. They defeated the Xia under the king Chengtang and established...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: An Introduction to the Ming Dynasty (1368 1644)
The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) arose following a series of natural disasters that hit China during the early and middle 1300s, adding to the misery of a people under the harsh rule of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). In 1368 rebel...
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: Persepolis
This site from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago provides a detailed site focused on the ancient Persian city Persepolis, famed for its great wealth and beauty.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Development of the Buddha Image
There is significant debate concerning the development of the Buddha image--where it first occurred, why, and when. Broadly speaking, the image of the Buddha emerged during the first few centuries C.E. in two major centers of Indian art...
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Georgia
Learn about religion in the Western Asian country of Georgia, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Brown University
Brown University Libary: Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings
A browsable gallery of Perisan, Mughal, and Indian miniature paintings from the Minassian Collection at Brown University. Includes a history of the collection and essays on the paintings.
History Link
Japanese Americans in Seattle
Abridged history of the Japanese American population in the Seattle area.
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