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History books generally fall within the D-F call number range on the Upper Level
CLASS D: General and Old World History
Subclass DA Great Britain
Subclass DAW Central Europe
Subclass DB Austria - Liechtenstein - Hungary - Czechoslovakia
Subclass DC France - Andorra - Monaco
Subclass DD Germany
Subclass DE Greco-Roman World
Subclass DF Greece
Subclass DG Italy - Malta
Subclass DH Low Countries - Benelux Countries
Subclass DJ Netherlands (Holland)
Subclass DJK Eastern Europe (General)
Subclass DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics - Poland
Subclass DL Northern Europe. Scandinavia
Subclass DP Spain - Portugal
Subclass DQ Switzerland
Subclass DR Balkan Peninsula
Subclass DS Asia
Subclass DT Africa
Subclass DU Oceania (South Seas)
Subclass DX Romanies
CLASS E: History of the Americas
11-143 America
151-909 United States
CLASS F: History of North and South America
1-975 United States local history
1001-1145.2 British America (including Canada), Dutch America
1170 French America
1201-3799 Latin America, Spanish America