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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".
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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