HIST 490: U.S. in the World in the 20th Century
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Call Numbers
Browsing the stacks? Try looking in these areas.
History - United States - Diplomatic history. Foreign and general relations
- E183.7-183.9
History - United States - Diplomatic history. Relations with individual countries
- E183.8
History - United States - Twentieth century
- E740-837.7
History - United States - Later twentieth century
- E838-889
Political science - United States
- JK1-9593
Political science - International relations
- JZ5-6530
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Subject headings are a fast way to retrieve all the records in a catalog or database for materials that have the same topic. If you find a good article through a keyword search, try looking at the subject headings (usually listed in the detailed record) to discover if any of them match your topic.
Here are a few suggested general subject headings. Use them to find resources in:
General Subject Headings
- Diplomatic relations
- United States - Foreign economic relations
- United States - Foreign Relations
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1933-1945
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1945-1953
- United States - Foreign Relations -1953-1961
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1961-1963
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1963-1969
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1969-1974
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1974-1977
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1977-1981
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1981-1989
- United States - Foreign Relations - 1989-1993
- United States - Foreign Relations - 20th century
- United States - History - 20th century
- United States - Politics and government - 20th century