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History 210 - Post World War II United States: Finding Books

Requesting Books

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To browse the library shelves for books about American History use the general call numbers below.  You will find these books in the library's SOUTH Stacks.

D - History (General) and History of Europe
D731-838-World War II (1939-1945)
D839-860-Post-war history (1945-)

E - History - America & United States
E151-889 United States

F - History - United States (Local) & America (except the U.S.)
F 1-975 - United States (Individual States)

Books

Strategies for finding an Academic History Book (Monograph) 

1. Browse the books in the Bedford Series in History and Culture that the library owns - these books include primary sources - NOTE - most of these are about post 1945 history, but some cover topics before 1945 and are not appropriate for your assignment.

2. Browse Prof. Jarrett's list of books - the library owns many of these books.  Please look up the titles in the library catalog to find them in the Cerritos College library.

3. Use a good history encyclopedia (see the Reference tab in this guide) find an article on a topic you are interested in like "the Blacklist or the Vietnam War" and look at the bibliography or reference list at the end of the article.  Search for the books listed in our library's catalog.

4. You could also search the library catalog with some of the terms below to find other books.

 

UNITED STATES HISTORY 20TH CENTURY

VIETNAM WAR 1961-1975

TWENTIETH CENTURY

Hip hop

Mexican americans - civil rights

school integration

Cold War

POPULAR CULTURE UNITED STATES HISTORY 20TH CENTURY

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 1962

POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS UNITED STATES

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY UNITED STATES

ENVIRONMENTALISM UNITED STATES

PEACE MOVEMENTS UNITED STATES HISTORY 20TH CENTURY

Intelligence service United States History 20th century

Espionage, Soviet United States

POLLUTION UNITED STATES

Feminism United States History 20th century

Social change United States History 20th century

WOMEN UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES FOREIGN RELATIONS 20TH CENTURY

KOREAN WAR 1950-1953

TELEVISION HISTORY

Labor unions United States History 20th century

PRESIDENTS UNITED STATES HISTORY 20TH CENTURY

HISTORY MODERN 1945-1989

World Politics –1945-1989

Journalism United States History 20th century

SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS 2001

 

 

 

 

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