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 * [|Introduction to Geography] || [|Culture, Language, & Religion] || [|Industry] || [|Human Rights Issues] ||
 * [|Population] || [|Ethnicity] || [|Agriculture] || [|Globalization] ||
 * [|Migration] || [|Political Geography] || [|Rural & Urban Development] || ||
 * [|Medical Geography] || [|Economic Development] || [|Resource Issues] || ||

·  [|How to Lie With maps and other Mark Monmonier books] ·  [|Understanding Regions] ·  [|This American Life: Mapping]
 * [|Project GeoSim] (downloadable simulation programs for population, migration, mental mapping, sense of place)
 * [|Turnitin.com] (The place to submit all written work)
 * [|Bestplaces.net] (take the “find your best place” to live quiz!)
 * __ Environmental Determinism __**
 * [|Climate Determines] (good article on history of environmental influence)
 * __ Three Gorges Dam Project-China __**
 * [|Three Gorges: 'A World So Changed']
 * [|The Three-Gorges Project: Chinese Embassy Web Site]
 * [|Great Wall Across the Yangtze] (PBS, with interviews and clips)
 * [|IRN's China Campaigns: Three Gorges, Yangtze River]
 * [|Three Gorges Dam Fact Box]
 * [|Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant, China]
 * [|Big Dig: Man vs. Nature (PBS NewsHour)]
 * [|China's Three Gorges Dam (CNN)]
 * [|Steven Benson Photographic Essay: "The Cost of Power in China:> The Three Gorges Dam and the Yangtze River Valley] __"__
 * __[|Artist's Statement] (Read This)__
 * Images
 * [|Earth Observatory Newsroom]
 * [|ESA Portal: Three Gorges Dam]
 * [|Environmental Impact]
 * __ Mapping and Satellite Imagery/Remote Sensing __**
 * [|Map Projections] (USGS)
 * [|How Do Map Projections Distort Earth’s Surface?]
 * [|Map Projections Overview]
 * [|Picture Gallery of Map Projections (many samples)]
 * [|Map Collections: 1500-2002] (Library of Congress)
 * [|Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection]
 * [|Earth and Moon Viewer]
 * [|The Great Globe Gallery]
 * [|Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change]
 * [|USGS: National Mapping Information]
 * [|Terraserver interactive maps] (find your house here!)
 * [|DigitalGlobe Gallery] (a collection of satellite imagery)
 * [|Global Network Maps: Point/Line/Area]
 * [|UNEP: Atlas of Our Changing Environment]
 * [|Place Names] (search the USGS)
 * [|Lie of the Land: The Secret Life of Maps]
 * [|The COMMONCENSUS Map Project] (a TRUE mental map project!)
 * [|Electronic Maps as Security Leaks!!]


 * [|Population Cartoons]__ (or why people care) __
 * [|Population Reference Bureau]
 * [|2008 World Population Data Sheet] (download or view from this page)
 * [|United States Census]
 * [|International Demographic Datasets]
 * [|United Nations Population Division] (lots of interesting info here)
 * [|United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)]
 * [|United Nations Population Fund]
 * [|Growing Up Urban (Geeta’s Story)]
 * [|PRB for Educators]
 * [|Human Population: Future Growth (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Human Population: Change (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Human Population: Women (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Human Population: Health (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Human Population: Environmental (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Human Population: Migration (also read Q & A)]
 * [|Projected Population Growth]
 * [|Population Connection] (formerly ZPG or Zero Population Growth)
 * [|China Dimensions] (China Demographic Data)
 * [|The World Bank: Population Issues]
 * [|Dynamically created Population Pyramids]
 * [|Population Action International] (activist organization)
 * [|Access Denied: The Global Gag Rule]
 * 1) Watch the [|video on Zambia and the "Global Gag Rule"]
 * [|US and World Population Trends (NPR, Diane Rehm)]
 * [|Frontline’s Living Old (in America)]
 * Population Effects: [|Southeast Asia's Illegal Wildlife Trade] from NPR/National Geographic Radio Expeditions

**__ South Africa __**
 * [|Amnesty International]
 * [|Human Rights Watch]
 * [|Tolerance.org]
 * [|United Nations HCHR]
 * [|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]
 * [|Human Rights Internet]
 * [|Women's Human Rights]
 * [|HRW World Report 2000]
 * [|Relief Web]
 * [|South Africa's Apartheid Era and the Transition to Multiracial Democracy] (excellent chronology... a must read)
 * [|The History of Apartheid in South Africa] (focusing on technological aid from abroad)
 * [|South Africa: History] (see especially __The Union of South Africa 1910 - 1960__ and The overthrow of apartheid
 * [|Country Profile: South Africa]
 * [|South Africa: A Country Study] (from the Library of Congress)
 * [|Crime, Justice & Race in South Africa]
 * [|Historical Documents of the ANC]


 * [|Center for Immigration Studies]
 * [|The American Immigration Law Foundation]
 * [|Migration News]
 * [|US Citizenship and Immigration Services] (formerly INS)
 * 1) [|Education & Resources]
 * [|The Foreign-Born Population in the United States: March 2003] (US CENSUS)
 * 1) [|Take the Census Pop Quiz on Foreign Born Population]
 * [|UNHCR (The UN Refugee Agency)]
 * 1) [|Refugees by the Numbers]
 * [|Sentimental Refugees: Stories and cartoons about refugees and migrants]
 * [|Western Union Spins International Financial Web]
 * __ Immigration Opposition Groups __**
 * [|CAIR (Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform)]
 * [|NumbersUSA]
 * [|FAIR (Federation for American Immigration Reform)]


 * [|Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN]
 * [|The State of Food Insecurity in the World]
 * [|Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems]
 * [|AMNH Epidemic! The World of Infectious Disease] (an excellent overview)
 * [|Centers for Disease Control]
 * [|Traveler's Health]
 * [|West Nile Virus]
 * [|Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal] (technical)
 * [|Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors]
 * [|World Health Organization]
 * [|Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response]
 * [|Global Health (from US Dept. of Health and Human Services)]
 * [|Health Issues] (World Bank Group/YouThink)
 * [|Malaria Foundation International]
 * [|The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]
 * [|AIDS Epidemic Update] (UN)
 * [|World AIDS Day]
 * [|National Cancer Institute: US Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs]
 * [|John Snow, “Father of Epidemiology”, cholera, maps, et al]
 * [|The Great Fever: The Story of Yellow Fever]

, Language, & Religion

 * [|Peace Corps: Defining Culture]
 * [|Discipline perspectives on Defining Culture] Lengthy, but interesting
 * [|Bollywood]
 * [|Geophagy: Eating Dirt]
 * [|The Geography of Baby Names]
 * [|You Can’t Send Shoes to Italy…]
 * [|Presenting the Nation's Cultural Geography: 1790-1920]** From LOC, very interesting **
 * [|Dale Lightfoot's Cultural Landscapes From Around The World] (a must see)
 * [|100 Years of New York City]
 * [|No Logo v. Pro Logo] An interesting discussion on cultural iconography!
 * [|Female Genital Cutting Network]
 * [|French in War on “McDomination” (Jose Bove)]
 * 1) [|Article from NYT (French Find a Hero…)]
 * [|The Culture of Liberty: Globalization at Work by Mario Vargas Llosa]
 * [|Globalization and Culture] (an excellent compendium of articles… **browse carefully**)
 * [|‘Eat All of Your McAfrika, Honey, Because I Have a Funny Feeling There Might Be Starving People Out There Somewhere.’] Pointedly sarcastic, but interesting point of view
 * [|Culture and UNESCO]
 * English as the Official Language
 * 1) [|US English] (pro-English site)
 * 2) [|ProEnglish]
 * 3) [|Language Policy]
 * 4) [|Don’t Make English Official]
 * [|MLA Interactive Language Map] (from 2000 Census data)
 * [|Quebecois Swear Words!!]


 * [|The Human Race Machine]
 * [|Changing America]
 * [|Generation E.A.: Ethnically Ambiguous]
 * [|Anti-Defamation League]
 * [|How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice]
 * [|ADL Backgrounder: World Church of the Creator] (the Story of Matt Hale)
 * [|WAR], Tom Metzger’s White Aryan Resistance website…
 * Dolls of Difference
 * [|The Razanne Doll]
 * [|Tolerance.org]
 * [|Images in Action]
 * [|Explore Your Hidden Biases]
 * [|About IAT's] (READ THIS FIRST!!)
 * [|Mapping Hate] (a MUST SEE map)
 * [|The Two Towns of Jasper] (from the PBS/POV website)
 * [|South African "Homelands" (Map)]
 * [|Former Black Homelands]
 * [|Apartheid Legislation in South Africa]
 * [|The Nationalism Project]
 * [|Defining Nationalism] (short quotes from top sources)
 * [|Bullets and Borders] (Perspectives on the Nation-State)

**__ Nation __****__ Building __** **__ Ethiopia __****__, Eritrea, and the Horn of Africa __** **__ Indonesia __****__ : The Story of a Fragmented State __** **__ Middle East/Gulf Conflict News __**
 * [|Birth of a Nation], the birth and creation of East Timor in Indonesia
 * [|Nation Building 101] (Francis Fukuyama article-interesting)
 * [|Reconstructing States: A guide to nation-building] (on the Rand Report)
 * [|America's Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq] (the Rand Report)
 * [|Nation-Building: The Inescapable Responsibility of the World's Only Superpower] (Rand Report "lite", by James Dobbins (primary author)
 * [|An Interview with James Dobbins] (excellent read!)
 * [|The Folly of Nation-Building in Afghanistan] (the Cato Institute)
 * [|The Road Ahead: Lessons in nation-building...] (long, but interesting PDF)
 * [|Political Geographer's Specialty Group]
 * [|US Department of State]
 * [|Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets]
 * [|Eritrea]
 * [|Ethiopia]
 * [|Somalia]
 * [|Sudan]
 * [|Rwanda]
 * [|Country Briefings/Background Notes]
 * [|IGO's & NGO's on the web]
 * [|Relief Web] (UN site for all humanitarian issues with maps)
 * [|Background to the Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Conflict] - offers maps and pro-Eritrea take on the conflict.
 * [|BBC News - Analysis: How Allies Became Enemies] - origins of the war between the two countries.
 * [|Conflict and State Security in the Horn of Africa] - article describing the background of the border conflict.
 * [|Embassy of Ethiopia] - Washington, DC: Ethio-Eritrea Conflict
 * [|Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict Webpage] - editorial articles and links relating to the conflict, "run by an Ethiopian".
 * [|Middle East Research and Information Project: The Eritrea-Ethiopia Crisis] - articles and reports about the border crisis.
 * [|U.S. Committee for Refugees: The Crisis in Eritrea and Ethiopia] - features slide show.
 * [|WashingtonPost.com: Eritrea-Ethiopia Conflict] - map and background information about the conflict.
 * [|Ethiopia and Eritrea: Fratricidal Conflict in the Horn], from Africa Watch
 * [|Indonesia: Island Archipelago] : A BBC Report, with an excellent interactive map
 * __ IGO’s and NGO’s __**
 * [|The Association for Progressive Comunications: An NGO clearinghouse]
 * [|The IGC: Institute for Global Communications] … IGC shares the vision to actively promote change toward a healthy society, one which is founded on principals of social justice, broadly shared economic opportunity, a robust democratic process, and sustainable environmental practices: Connecting People who are Changing the World
 * [|The Commonwealth: Official site of the British Commonwealth]
 * [|The Arctic Council]
 * [|Native Web] : Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
 * [|The Center for World Indigenous Studies]
 * [|The United Nations Foundation]
 * Register for the [|UN Wire], an excellent up to the minute site
 * [|PBS NewsHour Middle East Background Reports]
 * [|Intervention in Iraq] (great resources)
 * [|The War Behind Closed Doors] (an excellent Frontline special... watch it online!)
 * [|US Department of State Iraq Update]
 * [|Global Connections: The Middle East] An excellent site produced by WGBH Boston and Harvard University

**__ Micro-credit, micro-financing __** **__ Institutions of Development __**  ·  [|The Desert Island Trading Game] (all about Comparative Advantage) ·  [|Tragedy of the Bunnies] (all about “Tragedy of the Commons”)
 * [|Summary of Wallerstein on World System Theory]
 * [|globalEDGE Worldwide Business News and Sources] (see Resource Desk)
 * [|Measuring Progress: What are indicators?]
 * [|Analytical Tools for Human Development (a MUST read)]
 * [|Frequently Asked Questions on the Human Development Indices] (an excellent UN site outlining various indices)
 * [|Overcoming Human Poverty: UNDP Poverty Report 2000]
 * [|US Economic Indicators]
 * [|The Economist’s “Big Mac” Index]
 * [|Big MacCurrencies: An explanation of the Big Mac Index]
 * [|Watch the Burgernomics Movie!!]
 * [|Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development]
 * [|Slide show on Sustainable Development]
 * [|Center of Excellence for Alternative Macroeconomic Indicators (good links)]
 * [|Friend of the Earth: Measuring Progress with the ISEW]
 * [|Genuine Progress Indicator for Atlantic Canada]
 * [|United Nations Development Programme]
 * [|Human Development Reports]
 * [|Human Development Statistics]
 * 1) [|Human Development Data]
 * [|HDI Interactive Mapping… COOL] !
 * [|The Horse Before the Cart: Toward a More Rational Management of Economic Development Incentives]
 * [|American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees] (all about jobs!!)
 * [|US Bureau of Economic Analysis]
 * [|World Food Situation]
 * [|World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development]
 * [|World Food Programme]
 * [|The Grameen Bank] (Micro-lending)
 * [|The Enterprise Development Website]
 * [|The Virtual Library on Microcredit]
 * [|Microcredit Summit]
 * [|Stories from Clients]
 * [|The IMF] : The official site
 * [|The Hoover Institute on the IMF]
 * [|The Open Directory Project: The IMF]
 * [|IMF: EconEd Online (all about the IMF)]
 * [|The World Bank]
 * [|Ten Things You Never Knew About The World Bank]
 * [|World Bank Video: One World, One Goal]
 * [|Development 360] : Very cool and interactive
 * Other Video Slideshows
 * [|The World Bank in Africa]
 * [|Indigenous People in Latin America]
 * [|Europe and Central Asia Regional Overview]
 * [|World Tables Dataset Guide (Data from the World Bank)]
 * [|PovertyNet] (from The World Bank)
 * [|Inequality Data]
 * [|Analyzing Inequality]
 * [|Understanding Poverty]
 * [|Poverty Trends and the Voices of the Poor]
 * [|World Development Indicators Data Query]
 * [|The South Teaches the North How To Break the Poverty Cycle]
 * [|Poverty and TB: StopTB Partnership]
 * [|StopTB video]
 * // Definitions //**
 * [|Globalization: Threat or Opportunity?] (excellent IMF briefing)
 * [|Assessing Globalization] (World Bank briefing paper: [|Watch] the video on Globalization, Growth and Poverty)
 * [|A World Connected] (excellent source of pro/con globalization sources)
 * [|Cab Driver Confessions] (QT movies of NYC cab drivers)
 * [|The Outsourcing (of American jobs) Debate]
 * // Data //**
 * [|Globalization Website]
 * [|PovertyNet Data on Poverty (World Bank)]
 * US Poverty Information
 * [|Poverty Thresholds]
 * [|National Poverty Center FAQ]
 * [|Population Reference Bureau]
 * [|The Dashboard of Sustainability]
 * [|The GINI Coefficient]
 * [|The Lorenz Curve]
 * [|Ecological Footprint]
 * [|Redefining Progress] (all the details on alternative indicators)
 * [|World Bank Data and Statistics]
 * [|Online Atlas of the Millennium Development Goals]
 * [|Human Development Data]
 * [|HDI trends]
 * // Examples //**
 * [|Caroline's Story]
 * [|Zambia's Profile]
 * [|Global Policy Forum] (thorough; click on [|Globalization] link, excellent definitions and links)
 * [|International Forum on Globalization] (see the Analysis section!)
 * [|Corporate Watch] (excellent site highlighting corporate issues)
 * [|Economic Globalization and Culture]
 * [|World Economic Forum Definitions of Globalization]
 * [|Basic Instincts in a Global World]
 * [|BBC's "Disposable Planet?"]
 * [|Energy!] (see the Statsbank section with maps and graphs)
 * [|China Rises]
 * [|China Rises Curriculum]
 * [|CBC Archives] (see The Hungry Dragon about China’s energy needs)
 * [|China’s Coal-Fueled Boom Has Costs]
 * // Games //**


 * [|Corporate Watch]
 * [|Trade Agreements]
 * [|Global Trade Watch]
 * [|Sweatshops.org]
 * [|National Labor Committee] (in Support of Human and Worker Rights)
 * [|A History of American Sweatshops]
 * [|Fashion Food Chain]
 * See [|Global Sources] (details hourly wages for laborers)
 * [|Sweatshop Watch]
 * [|Unite! Stop Sweatshops Campaign] (Union)
 * [|Behind the Label]
 * [|United Students Against Sweatshops]
 * [|Workers Rights Consortium]
 * [|Walmart Watch]
 * [|Free Trade Area of the Americas]
 * [|Office of the United States Trade Representative]
 * [|Economic Indicators]
 * [|Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey]
 * [|United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)]
 * [|Economic Development Directory]
 * [|MIT Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development]
 * [|US Fortune 500 Companies]
 * [|Global Fortune 500 Companies]
 * [|World Automobile Industry]


 * [|World Food Issues: Past and Present] (Online course with tons of notes, but requires some prior knowledge; good links)
 * [|History of Agriculture] (a thorough introduction to agriculture)
 * [|Modern Meat] (a PBS Frontline story on the meat industry)
 * [|Harvest of Fear] (a PBS frontline story on biotechnology in agriculture)
 * [|1992 Agricultural Atlas of the United States] (in depth mapping of US agriculture)
 * [|University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program]
 * [|What is Sustainable Agriculture?]
 * [|Agriculture and Food] from the World Resources Institute
 * [|Agriculture Subsidies in the US]
 * [|Food Import Process: Marketplace Report]
 * [|Michael Pollan’s “My Letter to Whole Foods”]
 * __ Biotechnology __**
 * [|Council for Biotechnology Information] (pro-biotech)
 * [|Agricultural Network Information Center]
 * [|Biotechnology: An Information Resource]
 * [|Opportunities in Agriculture]
 * [|Union of Concerned Scientists]
 * [|Council for Responsible Genetics]
 * [|Alliance for Bio-Integrity]
 * [|Food and Drug Administration] (go to more hot topics)
 * [|Monsanto Company]
 * [|Biotechnology Industry Organization]
 * [|Grocery Manufacturers of America] (Search under biotechnology or link to brand names to find out food information)
 * [|International Food Information Council]


 * [|GLTV.org: Companion site to “The Sprawling of America”]
 * [|The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit] Includes pages for moderated discussions
 * [|Tour Soulful Detroit]
 * [|Forgotten Detroit]
 * [|Michigan Land Use Institute]
 * [|Dharavi: Mumbai’s Shadow City]


 * [|World Watch]
 * [|World Resources Institute]
 * [|The Center for a New American Dream]