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American Eras by Multiple volumes covers up to 1899
Call Number: R 973 AME
Encyclopedia of American History
Call Number: R 973.03 ENC
ISBN: 081604371X
Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances
Call Number: R 34137 PHI 2 vols.
ISBN: 0816030901
History in Dispute Series
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Call Number: eBook
Library has print copies.
Perspectives on major historical events, drawn from all time periods, both U.S. and world Each volume in this series has a thematic, era or subject-specific focus.
American Decades: Primary Sources
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Call Number: R 973 AME multiple vols.
ISBN: 0787665878
Also available as an ebook, click on link.
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Call Number: R 809 CON
ISBN: 0787610615
History in Literature
Call Number: R 809.933 QUI
ISBN: 081604693X

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Encyclopedia of World Biography 2nd ed. (Gale)
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