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World History: Reference Books

Selected resources for finding books, articles, and moreon topics in the study of world history.

Reference Books

Reference Books

African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture
  R 973.0496 As135a

Ancient Europe 8000 BC-AD 1000: Encyclopedia of the Barbarian World
  R 936 An221

Atlas of the British Empire
  R 909.09712 At655

Atlas of the Roman World
  R 937.02 C815a

Britain in the Hanoverian Age 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia
  R 941.07 B77712

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
  R 980.003 C144

Chronicle of the Roman Emperors
  937.060922 Sca77c

Chronology of European History, 15,000 BC-1997
  R 940.0202 C468

Chronology of World History
  R 902.02 M487c

Civilizations of the Ancient Near East
  R 939.4 C499

Civil War (1860-1865)
  R 973.7 D3138

Communism in the 21st Century
  R  335.43 C734

Computer Technology Innovators
  R 004.092 C787

Daily Life During the Spanish Inquisition
  R 946.03 An2375d

Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
  R 935 N343d

Daily Life in Early Modern Japan
  R 952.025 P4156d

Daily Life in Medieval Europe
  R 940.1 Sib48d

Daily Life in the Age of Charlemagne
  R 944.01 B98d

Daily Life in the Age of Sail
  R 910.45 V887d

Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks
  R 938 G1838d

Daily Life of the Ancient Romans
  R 937 M438d

Daily Life in Traditional China
  R 951.017 B4387d

Dictionary of the Middle East
  R 956.003 H615d

Dictionary of Twentieth-Century European History
  R 940.003 T662d 1999

Encyclopedia of African History
  R 960.03 E56

Encyclopedia of African History & Culture
  R 960.03 P146e

Encyclopedia of African Nations and Civilizations
  R 960.03 L984

Encyclopedia of Asian History
  R 950 En195

Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe
  R 947.0003 En195 2000

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
  R 938.003 En195

Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
  R 940.04924 En195 2001

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
  R 980.003 En195

Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
  R 972.01 Ox255

Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, and Culture
  R 972.003 En195 1997

Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
  R 950.03 L578e 2002

Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions
  R 903 En195

Encyclopedia of Russian History
  R 947.003 En197

Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations
  R 909.82903 M66e 2002

Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
  R 940.2503 En197

Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War
  R 956.70442 G914e

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
  R 940.2103 En195

Encyclopedia of Terrorism
  R 303.625 K97

Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
  R 391.003 E56

Encyclopedia of World Terrorism
  R 301.633 En195 2003

Encyclopedia of the Victorian Era
  R 942.081 En197

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War
  R 959.703 En195 1998

Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century African History
  R 960.3103 En197

Encyclopedia of World War I: Political, Social & Military History
  R 940.303 E5649

Encyclopedia of World War II: Political, Social & Military History
  R 940.5303 E56

Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
  R 940.2 Eu7422

Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia
  R 940.5503 Eu7429

Events that Formed the Modern World: From the European Renaissance to the War on Terror
R 909.08 E93 2012

Exploration & Colonial America (1492-1755)
  R 973.2 E96 2013

Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia
  R 910.911 M629e

Great Lives from History. The 20th century, 1901-2000
  R 970.02 S1633 2008

Historical dictionary of terrorism
  R 909 A544

Historical Dictionary of the "Dirty Wars"
  R 982.06 K79

Korean War: An Encyclopedia
  R 951.9042 K839

Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, Culture, 1871-1990
  R 943.08 M72 1998

Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God
  R 297.63 M952

Oxford Atlas of the World
  R 912 G347

Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
  R 932 Ox255 2001

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World
  R 909.09767 Ox255

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
  R 909.08 O982 2008

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
  R 270.603 Ox255

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History
  R 305.4203 O984 2008

The 50 states
  R 973 F4696

The Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Revolutionary Legacy of 1989
  R 909.828 F194 2009

Twentieth Century Britain: An Encyclopedia
  R 942.08203 T918

World Conflicts and Confrontations
  R 909.82 W893

World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties
  R 329.0203 W893 1999

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