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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" and "HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars"; 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

HIS056000    HISTORY / African American & Black

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

HIS021000    HISTORY / Asia / Japan

HIS023000    HISTORY / Asia / Korea

HIS017000    HISTORY / Asia / South / General

HIS062000    HISTORY / Asia / South / India

HIS048000    HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia

HIS004000    HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand

HIS059000    HISTORY / Byzantine Empire

HIS006000    HISTORY / Canada / General

HIS006010    HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867)

HIS006020    HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-)

HIS006030    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / General

HIS006040    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Atlantic Provinces (NB, NL, NS, PE)

HIS006050    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / British Columbia (BC)

HIS006060    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Northern Territories (NT, NU, YT)

HIS006070    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Ontario (ON)

HIS006080    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Prairie Provinces (AB, MB, SK)

HIS006090    HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Quebec (QC)

HIS041000    HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General

HIS041010    HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba

HIS041020    HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Dominican Republic

HIS041030    HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Haiti

HIS041040    HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Jamaica

HIS039000    HISTORY / Civilization

HIS049000    HISTORY / Essays

HIS010000    HISTORY / Europe / General

HIS037010    HISTORY / Europe / Medieval

HIS037020    HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance

HIS040000    HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary

HIS005000    HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States

HIS063000    HISTORY / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

HIS010010    HISTORY / Europe / Eastern

HIS013000    HISTORY / Europe / France

HIS014000    HISTORY / Europe / Germany

HIS015000    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General

HIS015010    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066)

HIS015020    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485)

HIS015030    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603)

HIS015040    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714)

HIS015050    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)

HIS015060    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)

HIS015070    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century

HIS015080    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century

HIS015090    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland

HIS015100    HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales

HIS042000    HISTORY / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient / Greece)

                                 HISTORY / Europe / Hungary see Europe / Austria & Hungary

HIS018000    HISTORY / Europe / Ireland

HIS020000    HISTORY / Europe / Italy

HIS044000    HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries

HIS060000    HISTORY / Europe / Poland

HIS064000    HISTORY / Europe / Portugal

                              HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia see Europe / Nordic Countries

                                  HISTORY / Europe / Soviet Union see Russia / Soviet Era

HIS045000    HISTORY / Europe / Spain

HIS067000    HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine

HIS010020    HISTORY / Europe / Western

HIS051000    HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries

                              HISTORY / Far East see headings under Asia

HIS068000    HISTORY / Hispanic & Latino *

HIS052000    HISTORY / Historical Geography

HIS016000    HISTORY / Historiography

HIS028000    HISTORY / Indigenous / General

HIS028010    HISTORY / Indigenous / Creation & Origins *

HIS028020    HISTORY / Indigenous / Migration *

HIS028030    HISTORY / Indigenous / Archaeological Stages & Interpretations of Oral History *

HIS028040    HISTORY / Indigenous / Contact, European Invasion & Exploration *

HIS028050    HISTORY / Indigenous / Colonial History & Interaction with Nations, Tribes, Bands & Communities *

HIS028060    HISTORY / Indigenous / Modern *

HIS069000    HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island *

HIS065000    HISTORY / Islamic

HIS022000    HISTORY / Jewish

                              HISTORY / Labor see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations

HIS024000    HISTORY / Latin America / General

HIS061000    HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era

HIS007000    HISTORY / Latin America / Central America

HIS025000    HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico

HIS033000    HISTORY / Latin America / South America

HIS066000    HISTORY / LGBTQ+

HIS057000    HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy

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

HIS026040    HISTORY / Middle East / Syria

HIS055000    HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire

HIS027000    HISTORY / Military / General

HIS027220    HISTORY / Military / Ancient

HIS027140    HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space

HIS027010    HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare

HIS027160    HISTORY / Military / Canada

HIS027250    HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars (see also United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877))

HIS027260    HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)

HIS027270    HISTORY / Military / Fortifications

HIS027280    HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare

HIS027290    HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage

HIS027300    HISTORY / Military / Land Forces

HIS027230    HISTORY / Military / Medieval

HIS027150    HISTORY / Military / Naval

HIS027030    HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare

HIS027050    HISTORY / Military / Pictorial

HIS027180    HISTORY / Military / Special Forces

HIS027060    HISTORY / Military / Strategy

HIS027310    HISTORY / Military / Uniforms

HIS027110    HISTORY / Military / United States

HIS027240    HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / General

HIS027320    HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Air

HIS027330    HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Land

HIS027340    HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Sea (see also TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines)

HIS027120    HISTORY / Military / Veterans

                             HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts see headings under Wars & Conflicts

HIS027080    HISTORY / Military / Weapons

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 / General

HIS037100    HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War

HIS043000    HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust

HIS037080    HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century

HIS070000    HISTORY / Native American *

HIS029000    HISTORY / North America

HIS053000    HISTORY / Oceania

HIS046000    HISTORY / Polar Regions

HIS030000    HISTORY / Reference

HIS031000    HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions

HIS032000    HISTORY / Russia / General

HIS032010    HISTORY / Russia / Imperial

HIS032020    HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era

HIS032030    HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet

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)

HIS027130    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General

HIS027350    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Crusades

HIS027200    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars

HIS027210    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / War of 1812

                                HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Civil War (U.S.) see United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

HIS027090    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I

HIS027100    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General

HIS027360    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front

HIS027370    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater

HIS027380    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Mediterranean Theater

HIS027390    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Pacific Theater

HIS027020    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Korean War

HIS027070    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War

HIS027040    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Persian Gulf War (1991)

HIS027190    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021)

HIS027170    HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011)

                                HISTORY / West Indies see headings under Caribbean & West Indies

HIS058000    HISTORY / Women

HIS037000    HISTORY / World

                                 HISTORY / World / Ancient see headings under Ancient

                                 HISTORY / World / Modern see headings under Modern

   

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