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From the Australian Front — Text and Context
World Events
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Roster of Company I, 24th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers — Text and Context
Modern Nations
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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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Revolutions
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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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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The war drama of the Eagles — Ba...
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In Korea with Marquis Ito — Cont...
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The Champlain tercentenary — Tex...
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The gold hunters — Key Ideas to ...
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Napoleon's British visitors and ...
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Pelts and palisades: The story o...
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A history of the Zulu Rebellion,...
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Turkey, the Great Powers, and th...
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