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World Events in Literature: Thematic Cross-Book Analysis of War, Technology, and Society
World Events in Literature: Thematic Cross-Book Analysis of War, Technology, and Society
World Events literature captures the intersection of global conflict, technological progress, and so...
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World Events Reading Guide: Where to Start with War, Politics & History Books
World Events Reading Guide: Where to Start with War, Politics & History Books
World Events literature captures the drama of history through firsthand accounts, official documents...
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World Events in Wartime: A Definitive Guide to Historical Documents and Their Context
World Events in Wartime: A Definitive Guide to Historical Documents and Their Context
The World Events genre captures the intersection of global conflict and everyday life through primar...
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Social History Through Personal Narratives: Themes, Characters, and Cross-Book Analysis
Social History Through Personal Narratives: Themes, Characters, and Cross-Book Analysis
Social history examines the lives of ordinary people and the structures that shape them. This articl...
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Social History Reading Guide: Where to Start with First-Person Narratives of 19th-Century America
Social History Reading Guide: Where to Start with First-Person Narratives of 19th-Century America
Social history brings the past to life through the voices of ordinary people. This guide helps new r...
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Social History Through Personal Narratives: From Slavery to War and Gold Rush
Social History Through Personal Narratives: From Slavery to War and Gold Rush
Social history illuminates the lives of ordinary people and the structures that shaped them. This ov...
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Modern Nations: Themes of Power, Identity, and Transformation in Historical Literature
Modern Nations: Themes of Power, Identity, and Transformation in Historical Literature
Modern Nations literature examines how historical events forge national identity, focusing on power,...
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Modern Nations Reading Guide: Where to Start with History, War, and Reconstruction
Modern Nations Reading Guide: Where to Start with History, War, and Reconstruction
Modern nations history explores the political, military, and social upheavals that shaped the 19th a...
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Modern Nations: A Definitive Guide to National Identity, Conflict, and Reconstruction in Historical Literature
Modern Nations: A Definitive Guide to National Identity, Conflict, and Reconstruction in Historical Literature
The Modern Nations category encompasses historical works that trace the formation, conflict, and rec...
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Revolutions in War and Memory: Themes of Conflict, Identity, and the Common Soldier
Revolutions in War and Memory: Themes of Conflict, Identity, and the Common Soldier
Revolutions are not merely political upheavals; they are crucibles of identity, memory, and narrativ...
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Where to Start with Revolutionary War Memoirs: A Beginner's Reading Guide
Where to Start with Revolutionary War Memoirs: A Beginner's Reading Guide
Revolutionary memoirs offer raw, unfiltered perspectives on upheaval. This guide helps new readers n...
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Revolutions in History: A Definitive Overview of Military and Political Upheaval
Revolutions in History: A Definitive Overview of Military and Political Upheaval
This overview traces the historical development of revolutions through firsthand military accounts,...
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EQOOK Modern History Library is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Modern History. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This collection of 97 volumes spans revolutions, modern nations, social history, and world events. It includes firsthand accounts such as World War I personal narratives, regimental histories of the Grenadier Guards, and Civil War memoirs from both Union and Confederate perspectives. Authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Frederick Ponsonby offer unique insights into the Great War, while titles like Two War Years in Constantinople and The Last Ninety Days of the War in North-Carolina provide vivid detail.

Categories cover the Manhattan Project, humor and caricatures of wartime, and the detection of German bomb plotters. Whether you are researching the Western Front or the American Civil War, these works—digitized for modern readers—preserve the voices of those who lived through pivotal moments. Browse by subject or author to discover rare perspectives on conflict and society.

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