ENJOY THESE PAGES, BUT REMEMBER = They are but parts of the full pedagogical experience, rooted in the classroom (Lectures & discussion) and library, and focused in your own consciousness & spirit. This site is not an example of "cool media"; it's very "hot" [terms  used here in the tradition of the forgotten cultural guru Marshall McLuhan].

SAC (A Student's Annotated Chronology and Systematic Bibliography) © Alan Kimball
      SAC Table of Contents and SAC GLOSSARY (some of the most useful titles)
Geography webpage and Demography webpage
LIBRARY LINKS, in particular = (1) Reserve Book Room, (2) Reference Division and (3) MAP Room
WAYS OF SEEING HISTORY (a "philosophical" confession). Subtexts = Taxonomy, Groups, Interests
      Other essays of pedagogical use
A BASKET OF WEBSITES relating to Russian History & Culture
CLASS LISTS and DUCKWEB

I work to keep these pages current, but every week a certain number of off-site links experience "web death". Please be patient. Just keep on surfing.

A brief but fundamental word of warning = The glitter and titillation of the internet cannot change the fact that the world-wide web is not under the direction and restraint of editors and editorial boards, as are just about all the materials found in those old-fashioned libraries. Yes, junk can be found between the covers of books and on the pages of scholarly journals, all neatly accessed and cataloged in our libraries. That's all too human. Traditions of world-wide scholarly publication and library maintenance, however, work strenuously to reduce sham and error to a minimum. In contrast, commercial culture sometimes seems to thrive on sham and error. The modern media seem sometimes to be dedicated to the worship (rather than exposé) of what Francis Bacon called "Idols", anything to get you to buy, literally as well as figuratively, into their cash-register ethic. But enough of that. Just remember, here and elsewhere, be critical, compare multiple sources, be wary.

 

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