| Letter |
Number |
Sub heading |
| A |
|
American History by topic |
| |
1 |
Bibliographies |
| |
2 |
Reference works |
| |
4 |
Primary sources |
| |
5 |
General textbooks |
| |
6 |
Miscellaneous collected essays |
| |
7 |
Miscellaneous monographs |
| |
8 |
Historiography |
| |
100 |
Political and constitutional history |
| |
200 |
Diplomatic history |
| |
300 |
Economic history |
| |
400 |
Social and cultural history |
| |
500 |
Intellectual history |
| |
600 |
Regional history and historical geography |
| |
700 |
Biography and memoirs |
| B - R |
|
American History by period |
| |
1 - 700 |
(as A 1 - 700) |
| B |
|
Early history to 1607 |
| C |
|
Colonial history, 1607 - 1763 |
| D |
|
American revolution and confederation, 1763 - 1789 |
| E |
|
The early national period, 1789 - 1815 |
| F |
|
Nationalism and sectionalism, 1815 - 1848 |
| G |
|
Sectional conflict, 1848 - 1861 |
| H |
|
Civil war, 1861 - 1865 |
| HB |
|
The confederacy, 1861 - 1865 |
| J |
|
Reconstruction, 1865 - 1877 |
| K |
|
The gilded age, 1877 - 1901 |
| L |
|
Progressive period, 1901 - 1921 |
| M |
|
Interwar period, 1921 - 1939 |
| N |
|
World war II, 1939 - 1945 |
| P |
|
Cold war period, 1945 - 1976 |
| R |
|
Detente, 1976 - |
