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HISTORY (general)

This is the general history subject guide. Other guides may be available for specific aspects of history, time periods, and classes.

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TIME PERIODS for AMERICAN HISTORY 
Click on the links, below, for books and eBooks about, or set in, each time period. Use sidebar limiters or added keyword search terms on the results screen to focus your search. (The number of search results [April 2020] is listed next to each entry for comparison purposes; current results may vary.) Primary time period divisions for American history are bolded.

MAJOR TIME PERIODS 

1600-1775 : American Colonial Period

1775-1783 : American Revolutionary Period

1783-1865 : Confederation Period

1861-1865 : Civil War Period

1865-1877 : Reconstruction Period

1865-1918 : Reconstruction Era

1914-1918 : World War I

1918-1945: Post WW 1, Great Depression and WW II

1933-1945 :  World War II | 1933-1945 United States : World War II 

1945-1953: Cold War Period

1945-1989 : Cold War Era

TIME PERIOD SUBDIVISIONS

1783-1789  

1783-1809  

1783-1815  

1783-1850 

1815-1861  

1865-1898  

1865-1900  

1865-1921  

1865-1933  

1901-1909  

1919-1933

1941-1945 

1953-1961 

1961-1969  

Also:

to 1775 

to 1783 

to 1865 

United States AND 17th Century

United States AND 18th CenturyUnited States AND 18th Century AND Social Conditions 

United States AND 19th Century  | United States AND 19th Century AND Social Conditions 

United States AND 19th Century United States AND 20th Century AND Social Conditions 

United States AND 19th Century | United States AND 21st Century AND Social Conditions 

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