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Fragments from France — Background and Themes
World Events
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Gen. Cowdin and the First Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers — Key Ideas to Explore
Modern Nations
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My Service in the U.S. Colored Cavalry A Paper Read before the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion, March 4, 1908 — Inside the Classic
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KIUCE Modern History Library: Exploring Wars, Revolutions, and Modern Nations
This catalogue assembles 97 public-domain books by 124 authors, arranged around modern history's most consequential subjects: revolutions, the formation of nations, social change, and world events. Rather than a simple alphabetical list, the collection groups its texts thematically, so readers can trace how wars, uprisings, and imperial ambitions shaped both political realities and social fiction. Sea voyages appear alongside more political narratives, broadening the scope from statecraft to personal experience. Whether you begin with a category that matches your interest or dip into the titles themselves, the catalogue offers multiple entry points into a century of historical writing and storytelling.
97 public-domain works124 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Revolutions
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Modern Nations
Sources on nations, communities, law, migration and the public institutions through which historical societies were organized.
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Social History
Works examining social customs, public institutions, biographies and everyday life in their historical settings.
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World Events
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Modern History — Editor’s Selection
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