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Revolutions
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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AQOWA Modern History Library: Texts on Empires, Conflict & Social Change
This catalogue gathers ninety-nine public-domain works of modern history, ranging from revolutions and nation-building to social history and world events. Rather than a random assortment, the collection is organized to show how conflict, daily life, and technology interrelate. For instance, the American Civil War appears alongside woman suffrage and industrial warfare, revealing how political upheaval and social change are connected. Readers can enter through four thematic categories—Revolutions, Modern Nations, Social History, World Events—or follow suggested reading paths that link related texts. Each entry provides bibliographic details, subject keywords, a target-reader note, and a catalogue note explaining the work's scope and structure, helping you choose texts that match your interests without guesswork.
99 public-domain works113 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Modern Nations
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Social History
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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World Events
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Modern History — Editor’s Selection
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One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Modern Nations
The life of the emperor Francis ...
Authored by Authors: Gribble, Francis Henry, 1..., 'The life of the emperor Francis ...' stands as a notable and significant work within the Modern Nations category. Francis Gribble's 1914 biography interweaves Habsburg court gossip with political history, arguing that the emperor's personality shaped Austria's fate. Drawing on memoirs and official records, the narrative traces Francis Joseph's reign through personal tragedies and dynastic entanglements, from Maximilian's execution to Ludwig II's madness. It serves as a vital entry point into the broader subjects represented in our archive.
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The war drama of the Eagles — Ba...
In World E...
In Korea with Marquis Ito — Cont...
In Social ...
The Champlain tercentenary — Tex...
In Modern ...
The gold hunters — Key Ideas to ...
In Social ...
Napoleon's British visitors and ...
In Modern ...
Pelts and palisades: The story o...
In Modern ...
A history of the Zulu Rebellion,...
In Revolut...
Turkey, the Great Powers, and th...
In Modern ...
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Begin with RevolutionsOpen a focused route to works connected with Revolutions.Explore Modern NationsCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Modern Nations.Read through Social HistoryMove from introductory records to related works in Social History.Browse World EventsUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in World Events.
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AQOWA Catalogue describes the overall structure of aqowa.com, which includes 99 books and 113 authors across 4 categories. Catalogue organization supports the reliability of the collections.
