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Windows into History

References for teachers I found the following books very useful when I was writing Windows into History. The ones marked with a * are so good you might like to buy them. If your local bookseller is unable to obtain them for you, try a Borders bookshop, Ankh Antiquarian books in Melbourne <www.ankhantiquarianbooks.com.au>, Blackwell’s bookshop in England <www.blackwell.co.uk> or Amazon <www.amazon.com>.

Library reference books Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966–(2002).

Douglas, D.C. English Historical Documents, volumes 1–4. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1953–1977.

Fletcher, R.A. Who’s Who in Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England. St James Press, Chicago, c1989.

Hicks, M.A. Who’s Who in Late Medieval England (1272–1485). St James Press, Chicago, 1991.

Horton D. (ed.) Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture. Aboriginal Studies Press for Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 1994.

Lichtheim M. Ancient Egyptian Literature, volumes 1–3. University of California Press, California, 1975–1980.

The internet This is so fluid that I have not been able to recommend as many sites as I hoped, as they have disappeared since I worked from them. Just ‘Google’ in the general areas recommended.

The BBC is useful both for information and games. See <www.bbc.co.uk/history>.

Nova Online from the PBS network in America has some excellent sites, including one on the underwater excavations in Alexandria, as well as the pyramids and Vikings sites recommended in the text.

Wikipedia and Columbia Encylopedia sometimes have good articles.

The on-line Medieval Sourcebook is good for primary sources on the Middle Ages, including Islam.

Egypt *Shaw I. & Nicholson P. British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. British Museum Press, London, 1995.

Strouhal E. Life of the Ancient Egyptians. University of Oklahoma Press/Opus Publishing Ltd, London, 1992.

Dr Zahi Hawas (in charge of Antiquities in Egypt) website information about recent excavations. <www.guardians.net/hawas>.

Greece Aristophanes. The Wasps. Lysistrata. The Clouds. all published by Penguin.

Burn, A.R. A History of Greece, Penguin, London, 2003.

Swadling J. The Ancient Olympic Games. British Museum Press, London, 1980.

Talbert R. Plutarch on Sparta. Penguin, London, 1988.

Ministry of Culture website for all sites in Greece and the Winged Sandals site are both recommended (see the text book).



Rome McAleavy T. Life in Roman Britain. English Heritage Gatekeeper series, London, 1999.

*Shelton J. As the Romans Did: A source-book in Roman social history. Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1998.

<www.inforoma.it/aqueduct.htm>

<www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/featured/lindowman.htm>

There is plenty of information on legionaries and Roman roads on the internet.

Japan *Keene D. Anthology of Japanese Literature. Penguin, London, 1968.

Morris, I. The World of the Shining Prince. OUP, London, 1964.

Murasaki Shikibu. Diary. Penguin, London, 1996.

Sato H. Legends of the Samurai. The Overlook Press, New York, 1995.

Sei Shonagon. The Pillow Book. Penguin, London, 1971.

Turnbull S. The Samurai Sourcebook. Cassell & Co, London, 2000.

Try the internet for Himeji Castle, the Samurai and general Japanese history.

Vikings *Haywood J. The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings. Penguin, London, 1995.

Page R. I. Chronicles of the Vikings. British Museum Press, London, 1995.

The BBC and the Nova sites recommended in the text are both good for information on the Vikings.

For an excellent list of internet material go to <http://home1.gte.net/kmvogt/vikinglinks.html>.

If the Viking Network Web behaves it is also good.

England Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1948.

*Gardiner J. and Wenborn N. The History Today Companion to British History. Collins and Brown, London, 1995.

McAleavy T. Life in a Medieval Abbey. English Heritage Gatekeeper series, London, 1996.

McAleavy T. Life in a Medieval Castle. English Heritage Gatekeeper series, London, 1998.

The BBC is great for information on the impact of the Normans on England and the Black Death. Follow the links at <www.bbc.co.uk/history>.

Islamic world Dawood, N.J. The Koran. Penguin, London, 1974.

Stewart D. Early Islam. Time-Life International, Netherlands,1969.

Maalouf A. The Crusades through Arab Eyes. Schocken Books, New York, 1984.

Viorst M. In the Shadow of the Prophet (especially chapters 3 & 5). Westview Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2001.



Australia *Attenbrow, V. Sydney’s Aboriginal Past: Investigating the archaeological and historical records. UNSW Press, Sydney, 2002.

*Barker A. What Happened When. Allen & Unwin, St. Leonards, 2000.

Clendinnen, I. Dancing with Strangers. Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2003. Some insights but I prefer the original sources!

*Flannery T. (ed.) Watkin Tench. 1788. Text Publishing, Melbourne, 1996.

Flannery, T. William Buckley. Text Publishing, Melbourne, 2003. Buckley’s account of his life with the Aborigines in early Victoria

McConchie P. (recorder) Elders. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003.

*Reynolds H. Dispossession. Allen &Unwin, St. Leonards, 1987.

Willey, K. When the Sky Fell Down. Collins, Sydney, 1979. A lively and readable account of the impact of white settlement on Sydney.

New Zealand Caselberg, J. Maori is My Name: Historical Maori writings in translation. J. McIndow, Dunedin, 1975. Mostly excellent primary sources but ignore Kowhai kaka!

*King M. The Penguin History of New Zealand. Penguin, London, 2003.

Metge, J. Maoris of New Zealand. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London,1967.

Sinclair, K. A History of New Zealand. Penguin, London, 1959.

Trotter, M and McCulloch B. Digging up the Past – New Zealand. Penguin, Auckland, 1997.

<www.maori.org.nz>

<http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/back/project.htm> All you ever wanted to know about the Treaty of Waitangi.

<www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb> The on-line Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.