Knowledge: cultural history
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- HEL
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/hel/hel.html - History of the English Language. Also has a mailing list.
- Legends
http://www.legends.dm.net/ - Exploring Legends in History, Folklore, Literature, Fiction, and the Arts.
- The Spirit of Gardening
http://www.gardendigest.com/ - The history of gardening.
- Electromusications
http://www.transdiffusion.org/emc/ - Gateway to the Transdiffusion Broadcasting System sites and affiliated sites. The history and development of British television presentation (including graphic design, jingles).
- Weaving: Art and Lore
http://www.mythinglinks.org/ct~weaving.html - Examines cross-cultural weaving, cosmic webs, spinning, spindles, fabrics, and ethnic costume; it also explores Grandmother Spider Woman, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, and other myths and fairytales on weaving from around the world.
- The Idyllists
http://geocities.com/steve_milton_uk/ - A site dedicated to the Group of British Victorian artists known as the Idydllists. The group includes: Fred Walker, John North, George Pinwell, Robert Macbeth and others.
- Images from History
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ - Art and archaeological images to illustrate world history
- Warburg Institute
http://www2.sas.ac.uk/warburg/ - The Warburg Institute of the University of London exists principally to further the study of the classical tradition, that is of those elements of European thought, literature, art and institutions which derive from the ancient world.
- Traveling Exhibition Service
http://www.kalaava.com/ - A general introduction to the rich heritage of Sri Lankan Buddhist art that spans over 2300 years.
- Widows Weeds: Mourning Fashions of the Victorian Era
http://www.mourningmatters.com/mourningmatters-article.html - An article on the customs and rituals by Stephanie Tomasi with photographs and images.
- America's Cultural Rebels
http://www.americanavantgarde.com - A book on artistic avant-gardes and the rise of countercultures by Roy Kotynek and John Cohassey with selected excerpts and preface
- The Vintage Lounge
http://www.geocities.com/artdeco_madness/ - Art deco, vintage sewing patterns, old photos and postcards, vintage knitting, antique fashion plates, and vintage sheet music.
- The Creoles, a History: 19th Century New Orleans
http://www.csit.parkland.edu/~esimmons/ - Antebellum history, the war, postbellum history, culture, and bibliographic sources.
- Radiozone
http://ndaeuro.online.fr/gargot/English/enghome.html - Goals, chronology, stories, internet radio, and links.
- Chris To's Collection
http://www.culturegems.com/ - A private showroom for PRC China Cultural Revolution Period relics.
- Queen Anne Furniture: Origins & Influences
http://contursi.freeyellow.com/queenanne/content.html - A term paper by Pauline Contursi tracing the evolution by looking at its roots through history and culture with images.
- History and Technology.
http://histtech.blogspot.com - An experiment in historical interpretation, combining a review of modern technologies, discussion of their chronological context, and societal implications.
- MR Bloch Salt Archive
http://salt.org.il/main.htm - The influence on the development of ancient civilizations (1000 BCE) to the Industrial Revolution.
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