LibGuides: A Shelf Browsing Guide to the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library: Class D: World History

Subclass D: History (General)

D1-2027: World History
- D1-24: General
- D25-27: Military history
- D31-34: Political and diplomatic history
- D51-95: Ancient history
- D101-110.5: Medieval and modern history
- D111-203: Medieval History
  - D151-173: Crusades, 1095-1291
- D205-475: Modern history, 1453-
  - D410-475: 20th century
- D501-680: World War I, 1914-1918
- D731-838: World War II, 1939-1945
- D839-860: Cold War, 1945-1989

Subclass DA: Great Britain

DA10-18: British Empire
DA20-690: England
- DA25: Official records, sources, documents
- DA28: Biography
- DA30: General works
- DA40-44: Political history
- DA45-47: Foreign relations
- DA49-89: Military history
- DA110-118: Social life, customs, civilization, intellectual life, national characteristics
- DA125: Immigrants
- DA129-592: By time period
  - DA129-260: Early and medieval
    - DA140-199: Roman Britain, 43-410
  - DA300-592: Modern, 1485-present
    - DA317.3-360: 1485-1603 (Tudor era)
    - DA370-463: 1603-1702 (Stuart era and Commonwealth)
    - DA470-592: 1702-
      - DA480-522: 18th century
      - DA529-565: 19th century
        
        DA529-533: General works, biography, autobiography
        
        DA535-542: 1801-1837
        
        DA550-565: 1837-1901 (Victorian era)
      - DA566- 592: 20th century-
        
        DA567-570: 1901-1910 (Edwardian)
        
        DA573-583: 1910-1936 (George V and Edward VIII)
        
        DA584-589: 1937-1952 (George VI)
        
        DA590-592: 1952- (Elizabeth II)
  - DA600-640: Historical geography. Description and travel
  - DA670: Local history and description
  - DA675-689: London
  - DA690: Other cities
DA700-745: Wales
DA750-890: Scotland
DA900-995: Ireland

Subclass DAW: Central Europe

Subclass DAW is a small part of the HPNL collection (about a dozen books), and it comprises works on central Europe as a whole. For works on specific nation-states of central Europe, see class DB. For works on Germany see subclass DD.

DAW1001-1045: General
DAW1046-1051: By time period

Subclass DB: Austria. Hungary

Subclass DB is also a relatively small collection (about 150 books), which focuses primarily on the Habsburg Empire (House of Austria) and its constituent regions and nation states.

DB1-879: Austria
- DB1-49: General
- DB51- 99: By time period
- DB101-879: By place
DB901-999: Hungary
DB2000-3150: Czechoslovakia

Subclass DC: France

DC33: Social life and customs. Civilization. Intellectual life
DC34: Social groups
DC36.1-36.8: Biography
DC36.9: Historiography. Study and teaching
DC37-41: General works
DC44-59: Military and political history. Foreign relations
DC60-424: By time period
- DC60-109: Early and medieval to 1515
- DC110-433: Modern, 1515-
  - DC110-120: 1515-1589
  - DC121-130: 1589-1715
    - DC130: 1643-1715 (Louis XIV)
  - DC131-138: 1715-1789
  - DC139-249: 1789-1815
    - DC148: General works
    - DC161-249: By period
      - DC161-195: 1787-1804
      - DC197-219: 1804-1815
      - DC220-249: Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, 1792-1815
  - DC251-354: 19th century
  - DC356-423: 20th century
  - DC425-432: 21st century
DC433-947: By place
- DC701-790: Paris

Subclass DD: Germany

DD60-68: Social life and customs. Civilization. Intellectual ife
DD73-78: Social groups
DD84-97: General works
DD99-120: Military and political history.
DD121-257: By time period
- DD125-174: Early and medieval to 1519
- DD175-257: Modern, 1519-
  - DD175: General works
  - DD176-189: 1519-1648 (Reformation and Counter-reformation)
  - DD190: 1648-1740
  - DD191-196: 1740-1789
  - DD197-199: 1789-1815
  - DD201-216: 19th century
  - DD217-231: 1871-1918 (Second Empire)
  - DD232-257: 20th century
    - DD232-247: General works. Biography
      - 247.H5: Hitler (biographical works)
    - DD248-251: 1918-1935 (Revolution and Republic)
    - DD253- 256: 1933-1945 (Nazi Germany)
    - DD257: Period of Allied occupation
    - DD258-262: West Germany
    - DD280-289: East Germany
  - DD290: 1990- (Reunified Germany)
DD301-454: Prussia
DD701-901: By place
- B801.B31-.B43: Bavaria
- B851-900: Berlin
- B901: Other cities

Subclass DE: Greco-Roman World

A small collection, fewer than fifty volumes.

DE7: Collective biography
DE8: Historiography
DE60-61: Special topics
DE71: Social life and customs, Civilization. Culture.
DE72: Period of Christ
DE73: Social groups
DE80-83: General works
DE84-85: Military and political history
DE86-100: By time period

Subclass DF: Greece

DF10-289: Ancient Greece
DF501-649: Byzantine Empire, 330-1453
DF701-951: Modern Greece, 1453-
- DF801-854 : By time period
- DF895-951: By region

Subclass DG: Italy

DG11-365: Ancient Italy. Rome to 476
- By time period
  - DG221-225: Pre-Roman Italy
  - DG231-DG268: Kings and Republic, 753-27 B.C.E.
  - DG269-365: Empire, 27 B.C.E.-476 C.E.
    - DG310-365: Late Roman Empire, 284-476
DG401-975: Medieval and modern Italy, 476-
- DG500-583: By time period
  - DG500-531: Medieval, 476-1492
  - DG532-541: 14th-16th centuries
  - DG542-544.8: 17th century
  - DG544.9-549: 18th century
  - DG550-554: 19th century
    - DG552-554.5: Risorgimento, 1848-1871
  - DG555-575: 1871-1947
    - DG571-575: Fascism
  - DG576-583: 1948-
- DG600-972: By region
  - DG691-817.3: Central Italy
    - DG734.23-738.14: Tuscany. Florence
- DG975: By city

Subclass DH: Low Countries. Benelux Countries

DH95-137: General works
DH141-207: By time period
- DH141-162: Early medieval to 1384
- DH171-186: 1384-1555
- DH187-207: 1555-1648
DH401-925: By country
- DH401-811: Belgium
  - DH571- : By time period
    - DH571-572: General works
    - DH574: Roman period
    - DH576: Frankish period
    - DH580-581: 1101-1400
    - DH582-583: 1401-5016
    - DH584: 1506-1555
    - DH585-619: 1555-1794
    - DH620-676: 1794-1909
    - DH677-694: 20th century
  - DH801: By region
  - DH802-811: By city
- DH901-925: Luxembourg

Subclass DJ: Netherlands (Holland)

DJ107-124: General works
DJ130-150: Military and political history
DJ151-292: By time period
- DJ151-152: Early medieval to 1555
- DJ154-210: 1555-1795
- DJ211: 1795-1806
- DJ215-292: 19th and 20th centuries
DJ401: By regions
DJ411: By cities

Subclass DJK: Eastern Europe

Subclass DJK is for works on Eastern Europe as a region in general. Works on the history of specific Eastern European countries are classed elsewhere.

DJK1-10: General works
DJK11-19: Historical geography. Description and travel
DJK26-28: Social groups
DJK32: Historiography
DJK37-38: General works
DJK40-45: Military and political history
DJK46-51: By time period
DJK61-77: Local history and description

Subclass DK: Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics

DK3: Primary sources
DK17-18: General works
DK19-29: Geography. Description and travel
DK32: Social life and customs. Civilization
DK33-34: Social groups
DK37: Biography
DK38-38.7: Historiography
DK38.8-42: Study and teaching
- DK38.8-40: General works
- DK41: Textbooks
- DK43-69: Special aspects
  - DK49: Philosophy of Russian/Soviet history
  - DK50-59: Military history
  - DK60-62: Political history
  - DK65-69: Foreign relations
DK70-293: By time period
- DK70-112.42: Early to 1613
- DK112.8-264: 1613-1917 (House of Romanov)
  - DK113-126: 1613-1689 (17th century)
  - DK127-187: 1689-1801 (18th century)
  - DK188-243: 19th century
  - DK251-264: 1894-1917 (Nicholas II)
- DK265-265: 1917-1921 (Revolution)
- DK266-292: 1918-1991 (Soviet regime)
  - DK266.5: 1918-1924 (Lenin)
    - For biography of Lenin, see DK254.L3+
  - DK267-273: 1925-1953 (Stalin)
  - DK274-282: 1953-1985
  - DK285-292: 1985-1991
- DK293: 1991-
DK500-501: By region
DK502-505: Baltic states
- DK502: Treated collectively
- DK503: Estonia
- DK504: Latvia
- DK505: Lithuania
DK507: Belarus. White Russia.

Subclass DL: Northern Europe. Scandinavia

DL1-87: General
- DL61-65: Vikings
DL101-291: Denmark
DL301-398: Iceland
DL401-596: Norway
DL601-991: Sweden
DL1002-1180: Finland

Subclass DP: Spain. Portugal

DP1-402: Spain
- DP250-269.9: Second Republic, 1931-1939
  - DP269-269.9: Spanish Civil War,1936-1939
DP501-802: Portugal

Subclass DQ: Switzerland

DQ1-851: Switzerland

Subclass DR: Balkan Peninsula

DR1-50: Balkan Peninsula (region)
- DR39-48.6: By period
  - DR32-48.5: Balkan War, 1912-1913
DR51-98: Bulgaria
DR201-296: Romania
DR401-741: Turkey
- DR401-479: General
- DR481-605: By period
  - DR481: Earliest to 1281/1453
  - DR485-575: 1281/1453-1918
    - DR485-555.7: 1281/1453-1789.
      - DR515-516: Cyprian War, 1570-1571. Holy League, 1571
      - DR531-555.7: 1640-1789
        
        DR534.2-534.5: War of Candia, 1644-1669
    - DR556-567: 1789-1861. 19th Century
    - DR568-575: 1861-1909. War with Russia, 1877-1878
    - DR576-605: 20th century.
- DR701-741: By provinces, regions, etc.
  - DR716-739: Istanbul
DR901-998: Albania
DR1202-2285: Yugoslavia
- DR1202-1258: General
- DR1259-1321: By period
  - DR1313-1313.8: Yugoslav War, 1991-1995
- DR1350-2285: By regions, etc.
  - DR1350: Regions not limited to specific republic
  - DR1352-1485: Slovenia
  - DR1502-1645: Croatia
  - DR1652-1785: Bosnia and Hercegovina
  - DR1802-1928: Montenegro
  - DR1932-2125: Serbia
  - DR2152-2285: Macedonia

Subclass DS: Asia

DS1-35: General
DS35.3-35.77: Islamic world
DS36-39: Arab countries
DS41-66: Middle East. Southwestern Asia.
DS67-79: Iraq
DS80-90: Lebanon
DS92-99: Syria
DS101-151: Israel (Palestine)
- DS131-151: Jews outside of Palestine
DS153-154: Jordan
DS155-156: Asia Minor
DS161-195: Armenia
DS201-248: Arabia Peninsula. Saudi Arabia
DS251-326: Iran
DS327-329.4: Central Asia
DS331-349: South Asia
DS350-375: Afghanistan
DS376-392: Pakistan
DS393-396: Bangladesh
DS401-486.8: India
DS488-490: Sri Lanka
DS491-492: Bhutan
DS493-495: Nepal
DS498: Portuguese in India
DS501-518: East Asia
DS520-689: Southeast Asia
- DS527-530:Burma
- DS531-560.72: French Indochina
  - DS554: Cambodia
  - DS555: Laos
  - DS556-560: Vietnam.
    - DS557-559.9: Vietnam War
  - DS561-589: Thailand
  - DS591-599: Malaysia
  - DS600-605: Malay Archipelago
  - DS608-610: Singapore
  - DS611-649: Indonesia
  - DS649.2-649.9: Timor-Leste
  - DS650: Brunei
  - DS651-689: Philippines
DS701-799.9: China
DS801-897: Japan
DS901-937: Korea

Subclass DT: Africa

DT1-38: General
DT39: Red Sea region
DT43-154: Egypt
DT154.1-159: Sudan
DT160-177: North Africa
DT179: Northwest Africa
DT181-346: Maghrib. Barbary States
- DT211-239: Libya
- DT241-269: Tunisia
- DT271-299: Algeria
- DT301-330: Morocco
- DT331-346: Sahara
DT348-363: Central Sub-Saharan Africa
DT365-469: Eastern Africa
- DT367: Northeastern Africa
- DT371-390: Ethiopia
- DT391-398: Eritrea
- DT401-409: Somalia
- DT411: Djibouti
- DT421-449: East Africa. British East Africa
  - DT433-433.29: Uganda
  - DT433.5-434: Kenya
  - DT436-449: Tanzania
- DT450-450.49: Rwanda
- DT450.5-450.95: Burundi
- DT468-469: East African islands
DT470-671: West Africa
- DT470-479: General
- DT491-519: British West Africa
- DT521-555.9: French West Africa
- DT561-581: Cameroon
- DT582-582.9: Togo. Togoland
- DT591-615.9: Portuguese-speaking West Africa
- DT619- 620.9: Spanish West Africa
- DT621-637: Liberia
- DT639: Congo River region
- DT641-665: Congo. Zaire. Belgian Congo
- DT669-671: Islands
DT1001-1190: Southern Africa
DT1251-1465: Angola
DT1501-1685: Namibia. South-West Africa
DT1701-2405: South Africa
DT2421-2686: Botswana. Bechuanaland
DT2701-2825: Swaziland
DT2831-2864: British Central Africa. Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
DT2871-3025 : Zimbabwe. Southern Rhodesia
DT3031-3145: Zambia. Northern Rhodesia
DT3161-3257: Malawi. Nyasaland
DT3291-3415: Mozambique

Subclass DU: Oceania (South Seas)

DU1-68: General
DU80-398: Australia
DU400-430: New Zealand
DU490: Melanesia
DU500: Micronesia
DU510: Polynesia
DU520-950: Smaller island groups
- DU620-629: Hawaii
- DU710: Marshall Islands
- DU739-: New Guinea
- DU744-747: Indonesia
- DU810-819: Samoan Islands

Subclass DX: Romanies

DX101-174: General
DX201-301: By region
- DX210-271: Europe
- DX281-289: Asia
- DX291-299: Africa
- DX300: Arab countries