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Early American History: Print Books

This guide will help you to find resources on early American history including the major early American wars. European nations came to the Americas to increase their wealth and broaden their influence over world affairs.

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Browsing the Shelves

Use the Library of Congress (LC) and Dewey Decimal (DD) system call numbers from the chart below to browse the shelves to find materials on the topics mentioned below.
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Subject LC Call No. DD Call No.
North American History E 45 973
Indians of North America E 75-99 970.1
General United States history E 151-180 973
Military, Political and Diplomatic history

E 181-185

355
Colonial history

E 186-199

973.2
The Revolution 1775-1783

E 200-298

973.3
Revolution through early Nineteenth Century

E 300-398

973.4
The War of 1812

E 351

973.5
Mexican War

E 400-415

972.03
Middle Nineteenth Century, 1845-1861 E 415-440 973
Slavery E 444 973.71
Civil War period E 456-655 973.73
Abraham Lincoln E 457 355, 920, 973.8
Ulysses Grant E 672 355, 920, 973.8
Early Women's rights advocates HQ 1412 324
American voting rights history JK 1846 342
Military Leaders UB 210 973

 

Short list of books available in the library

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