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History
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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".
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HIS000000 |
HISTORY / General |
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HIS001000 |
HISTORY / Africa / General |
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HIS001010 |
HISTORY / Africa / Central |
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HIS001020 |
HISTORY / Africa / East |
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HISTORY / Africa / Egypt see Middle East / Egypt or Ancient / Egypt |
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HIS001030 |
HISTORY / Africa / North |
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HIS001040 |
HISTORY / Africa / South / General |
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HIS047000 |
HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa |
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HIS001050 |
HISTORY / Africa / West |
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HIS056000 |
HISTORY / African American & Black |
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HIS038000 |
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) |
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HIS002000 |
HISTORY / Ancient / General |
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HIS002030 |
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt |
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HIS002010 |
HISTORY / Ancient / Greece |
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HIS002020 |
HISTORY / Ancient / Rome |
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HIS003000 |
HISTORY / Asia / General |
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HIS050000 |
HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia |
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HIS008000 |
HISTORY / Asia / China |
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HIS021000 |
HISTORY / Asia / Japan |
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HIS023000 |
HISTORY / Asia / Korea |
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HIS017000 |
HISTORY / Asia / South / General |
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HIS062000 |
HISTORY / Asia / South / India |
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HIS048000 |
HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia |
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HIS004000 |
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand |
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HIS059000 |
HISTORY / Byzantine Empire |
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HIS006000 |
HISTORY / Canada / General |
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HIS006010 |
HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) |
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HIS006020 |
HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) |
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HIS006030 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / General |
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HIS006040 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Atlantic Provinces (NB, NL, NS, PE) |
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HIS006050 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / British Columbia (BC) |
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HIS006060 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Northern Territories (NT, NU, YT) |
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HIS006070 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Ontario (ON) |
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HIS006080 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Prairie Provinces (AB, MB, SK) |
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HIS006090 |
HISTORY / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Quebec (QC) |
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HIS041000 |
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General |
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HIS041010 |
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba |
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HIS041020 |
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Dominican Republic |
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HIS041030 |
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Haiti |
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HIS041040 |
HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / Jamaica |
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HIS039000 |
HISTORY / Civilization |
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HIS049000 |
HISTORY / Essays |
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HIS010000 |
HISTORY / Europe / General |
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HIS037010 |
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval |
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HIS037020 |
HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance |
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HIS040000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary |
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HIS005000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Baltic States |
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HIS063000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) |
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HIS010010 |
HISTORY / Europe / Eastern |
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HIS013000 |
HISTORY / Europe / France |
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HIS014000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Germany |
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HIS015000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General |
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HIS015010 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066) |
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HIS015020 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Norman Conquest to Late Medieval (1066-1485) |
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HIS015030 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Tudor & Elizabethan Era (1485-1603) |
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HIS015040 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714) |
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HIS015050 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837) |
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HIS015060 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901) |
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HIS015070 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century |
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HIS015080 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century |
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HIS015090 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland |
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HIS015100 |
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales |
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HIS042000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Greece (see also Ancient / Greece) |
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HISTORY / Europe / Hungary see Europe / Austria & Hungary |
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HIS018000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Ireland |
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HIS020000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Italy |
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HIS044000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Nordic Countries |
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HIS060000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Poland |
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HIS064000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Portugal |
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HISTORY / Europe / Scandinavia see Europe / Nordic Countries |
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HISTORY / Europe / Soviet Union see Russia / Soviet Era |
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HIS045000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Spain |
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HIS067000 |
HISTORY / Europe / Ukraine * |
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HIS010020 |
HISTORY / Europe / Western |
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HIS051000 |
HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries |
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HISTORY / Far East see headings under Asia |
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HIS052000 |
HISTORY / Historical Geography |
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HIS016000 |
HISTORY / Historiography |
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HIS028000 |
HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas |
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HIS065000 |
HISTORY / Islamic |
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HIS022000 |
HISTORY / Jewish |
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HISTORY / Labor see POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations |
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HIS024000 |
HISTORY / Latin America / General |
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HIS061000 |
HISTORY / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era |
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HIS007000 |
HISTORY / Latin America / Central America |
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HIS025000 |
HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico |
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HIS033000 |
HISTORY / Latin America / South America |
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HIS066000 |
HISTORY / LGBTQ+ |
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HIS057000 |
HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy |
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HIS026000 |
HISTORY / Middle East / General |
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HIS026010 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula |
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HIS009000 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt) |
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HIS026020 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Iran |
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HIS026030 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq |
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HIS019000 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine |
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HIS026040 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Syria |
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HIS055000 |
HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
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HIS027000 |
HISTORY / Military / General |
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HIS027220 |
HISTORY / Military / Ancient |
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HIS027140 |
HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space |
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HIS027010 |
HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare |
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HIS027160 |
HISTORY / Military / Canada |
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HIS027250 |
HISTORY / Military / Civil Wars (see also United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)) |
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HIS027260 |
HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800) |
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HIS027270 |
HISTORY / Military / Fortifications |
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HIS027280 |
HISTORY / Military / Guerrilla Warfare |
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HIS027290 |
HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage |
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HIS027300 |
HISTORY / Military / Land Forces |
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HIS027230 |
HISTORY / Military / Medieval |
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HIS027150 |
HISTORY / Military / Naval |
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HIS027030 |
HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare |
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HIS027050 |
HISTORY / Military / Pictorial |
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HIS031000 |
HISTORY / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence (see also United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)) |
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HIS027180 |
HISTORY / Military / Special Forces |
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HIS027060 |
HISTORY / Military / Strategy |
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HIS027310 |
HISTORY / Military / Uniforms |
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HIS027110 |
HISTORY / Military / United States |
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HIS027240 |
HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / General |
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HIS027320 |
HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Air |
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HIS027330 |
HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Land |
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HIS027340 |
HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Sea (see also TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / Submarines) |
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HIS027120 |
HISTORY / Military / Veterans |
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HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts see headings under Wars & Conflicts |
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HIS027080 |
HISTORY / Military / Weapons |
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HIS037030 |
HISTORY / Modern / General |
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HIS037090 |
HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century |
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HIS037040 |
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century |
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HIS037050 |
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century |
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HIS037060 |
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century |
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HIS037070 |
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General |
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HIS037100 |
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Cold War |
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HIS043000 |
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust |
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HIS037080 |
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century |
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HISTORY / Native American see Indigenous Peoples in the Americas |
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HIS029000 |
HISTORY / North America |
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HIS053000 |
HISTORY / Oceania |
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HIS046000 |
HISTORY / Polar Regions |
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HIS030000 |
HISTORY / Reference |
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HIS032000 |
HISTORY / Russia / General |
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HIS032010 |
HISTORY / Russia / Imperial * |
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HIS032020 |
HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era * |
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HIS032030 |
HISTORY / Russia / Post-Soviet * |
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HIS054000 |
HISTORY / Social History |
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HIS035000 |
HISTORY / Study & Teaching |
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HIS036000 |
HISTORY / United States / General |
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HIS036020 |
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) |
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HIS036030 |
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
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HIS036040 |
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century |
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HIS036050 |
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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HIS036060 |
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century |
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HIS036070 |
HISTORY / United States / 21st Century |
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HIS036010 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General |
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HIS036080 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) |
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HIS036090 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) |
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HIS036100 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) |
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HIS036110 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (OR, WA) |
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HIS036120 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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HIS036130 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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HIS036140 |
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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HIS027130 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General |
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HIS027350 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Crusades |
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HIS027200 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars |
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HIS027210 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / War of 1812 |
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HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Civil War (U.S.) see United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
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HIS027090 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I |
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HIS027100 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General |
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HIS027360 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front |
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HIS027370 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater |
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HIS027380 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Mediterranean Theater |
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HIS027390 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Pacific Theater |
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HIS027020 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Korean War |
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HIS027070 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War |
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HIS027040 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Persian Gulf War (1991) |
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HIS027190 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Afghan War (2001-2021) |
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HIS027170 |
HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Iraq War (2003-2011) |
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HISTORY / West Indies see headings under Caribbean & West Indies |
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HIS058000 |
HISTORY / Women |
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HIS037000 |
HISTORY / World |
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HISTORY / World / Ancient see headings under Ancient |
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HISTORY / World / Modern see headings under Modern |
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