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Battles and Military History
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Explore Public-Domain Works in History, Law and Social Inquiry
EQOOK Modern History Library is an independent digital catalogue presenting 97 public-domain works. Browse works by theme, author and title, with source references, author details and original editorial context prepared to support discovery.
97 public-domain works127 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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World Events in Context: Sources & Perspectives
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Anthropology & Everyday Life: Texts & Context
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Psychology and Mental Life: Texts & Context
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
Modern History — Editor’s Selection
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Historical records of the Buffs,...
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Alsace in rust and gold — Themes...
In Psychol...
Deeds of heroism and bravery — I...
In World E...
My Lorraine journal — Reading Co...
In Psychol...
Ladies' dress shoes of the ninet...
In World E...
The history of the Twentieth (Li...
In Psychol...
Told in gallant deeds — Reading ...
In Psychol...
With my regiment — A Closer Reading
In World E...
Under the guns — Context and Dis...
In World E...
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