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HISTORY

Multiple subjects in this and other sections may be used to describe a work fully: for example, a book about the Spanish Civil War could be assigned "HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal" and "HISTORY / Military / Other"; a book about U.S. diplomacy in the 19th century could be assigned "HISTORY / United States / 19th Century" and "POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy".

HIS000000	HISTORY / General
HIS001000	HISTORY / Africa / General
HIS001010	HISTORY / Africa / Central
HIS001020	HISTORY / Africa / East
	HISTORY / Africa / Egypt see Middle East / Egypt or Ancient / Egypt
HIS001030	HISTORY / Africa / North
HIS001040	HISTORY / Africa / South / General
HIS047000	HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
HIS001050	HISTORY / Africa / West
HIS038000	HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HIS002000	HISTORY / Ancient / General
HIS002030	HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
HIS002010	HISTORY / Ancient / Greece
HIS002020	HISTORY / Ancient / Rome
HIS003000	HISTORY / Asia / General
HIS050000	HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia
HIS008000	HISTORY / Asia / China
HIS017000	HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
HIS021000	HISTORY / Asia / Japan
HIS023000	HISTORY / Asia / Korea
HIS048000	HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia
HIS004000	HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
HIS006000	HISTORY / Canada / General
HIS006010	HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
HIS006020	HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)
HIS041000	HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General
HIS041010	HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba
HIS039000	HISTORY / Civilization
HIS049000	HISTORY / Essays
HIS010000	HISTORY / Europe / General
HIS040000	HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary
HIS005000	HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States
HIS010010	HISTORY / Europe / Eastern
HIS012000	HISTORY / Europe / Former Soviet Republics
HIS013000	HISTORY / Europe / France
HIS014000	HISTORY / Europe / Germany
HIS015000	HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
HIS042000	HISTORY / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient / Greece)
	HISTORY / Europe / Hungary see Europe / Austria & Hungary
HIS018000	HISTORY / Europe / Ireland
HIS020000	HISTORY / Europe / Italy
	HISTORY / Europe / Portugal see Europe / Spain & Portugal
HIS032000	HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
HIS044000	HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia
	HISTORY / Europe / Soviet Union see Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
HIS045000	HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal
HIS010020	HISTORY / Europe / Western
HIS051000	HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
	HISTORY / Far East see headings under Asia
HIS052000	HISTORY / Historical Geography
HIS016000	HISTORY / Historiography
HIS043000	HISTORY / Holocaust
HIS022000	HISTORY / Jewish
	HISTORY / Labor see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations
HIS024000	HISTORY / Latin America / General
HIS007000	HISTORY / Latin America / Central America
HIS025000	HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
HIS033000	HISTORY / Latin America / South America
HIS037010	HISTORY / Medieval
HIS026000	HISTORY / Middle East / General
HIS026010	HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula *
HIS009000	HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt)
HIS026020	HISTORY / Middle East / Iran *
HIS026030	HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq *
HIS019000	HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine
HIS055000	HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire
HIS027000	HISTORY / Military / General
HIS027190	HISTORY / Military / Afghan War (2001-)
HIS027140	HISTORY / Military / Aviation
HIS027010	HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare
HIS027160	HISTORY / Military / Canada
HIS027170	HISTORY / Military / Iraq War (2003-2011)
HIS027020	HISTORY / Military / Korean War
HIS027150	HISTORY / Military / Naval
HIS027030	HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare
HIS027040	HISTORY / Military / Persian Gulf War (1991)
HIS027050	HISTORY / Military / Pictorial
HIS027180	HISTORY / Military / Special Forces
HIS027060	HISTORY / Military / Strategy
HIS027110	HISTORY / Military / United States
	HISTORY / Military / United States / Civil War see United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HIS027120	HISTORY / Military / Veterans
HIS027070	HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War
HIS027080	HISTORY / Military / Weapons
HIS027090	HISTORY / Military / World War I
HIS027100	HISTORY / Military / World War II
HIS027130	HISTORY / Military / Other
HIS037030	HISTORY / Modern / General
HIS037090	HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century
HIS037040	HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century
HIS037050	HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
HIS037060	HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
HIS037070	HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
HIS037080	HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
HIS028000	HISTORY / Native American
HIS029000	HISTORY / North America
HIS053000	HISTORY / Oceania
HIS046000	HISTORY / Polar Regions
HIS030000	HISTORY / Reference
HIS037020	HISTORY / Renaissance
HIS031000	HISTORY / Revolutionary
HIS054000	HISTORY / Social History
HIS035000	HISTORY / Study & Teaching
HIS036000	HISTORY / United States / General
HIS036020	HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
HIS036030	HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
HIS036040	HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
HIS036050	HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HIS036060	HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
HIS036070	HISTORY / United States / 21st Century
HIS036010	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
HIS036080	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HIS036090	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HIS036100	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HIS036110	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA)
HIS036120	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
HIS036130	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
HIS036140	HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
	HISTORY / West Indies see headings under Caribbean & West Indies
HIS037000	HISTORY / World
	HISTORY / World / Ancient see headings under Ancient
	HISTORY / World / Medieval see Medieval
	HISTORY / World / Renaissance see Renaissance
	HISTORY / World / Modern see headings under Modern

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NON000000 NON-CLASSIFIABLE

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