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Undergraduate major, minor; M.A., Ph.D. History is also a strong component of the Ph.D. program in Urban Studies. Graduate specialization options include: urban historical studies; public history; a coordinated degree program leading to a simultaneous M.A. in History/MLIS, in cooperation with the School of Information Studies. Doctoral concentrations include: Modern Studies, the modern period of world history emphasizing theoretical and interdisciplinary perspectives such as literary theory, feminism and gender critique, cultural studies, Marxism, neoconservatism, modern and postmodern art and traditions of the avant-garde, film, media studies, and theories of post-industrial society; Global History, including regions and localities in a global context and phenomena that transcend single nations or regions, such as the environment, religion, ideology, labor, migration/diaspora, war, peace, industrialization, colonialism and imperialism, social movements and political conflicts, slavery, class, gender, science and technology, popular culture, trade and finance, demography, politics, nationalism, and international relations; Urban History, including origins and changes in all aspects of urban life and urban areas, worldwide and in all periods.
History offers a very broad array of studies, in temporal, geographical, and topical terms, spanning from ancient Greece and Rome to recent Europe, the U.S., and Latin America; ancient to modern China; the history of Japan, Southeast Asia, and Africa; the history of Christianity; topics in the history of religious thought; the Holocaust; European, American, and Islamic intellectual history; legal history; history of science; social history, including the history of North American Indians, immigrant groups, Black history, women and feminism, the family and sex roles, and popular culture; economic history including labor history and poverty; urban history including the history of Milwaukee. Focus on particular countries includes Britain, France, Germany, Poland, Russia and the Soviet Union, Mexico and countries already mentioned above. Special studies on methodology include oral history, quantitative analysis, and the study of maps and material culture. Archives administration is also taught.
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The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for history:
C (Auxiliary Sciences of History): Auxiliary sciences of history (general).
CB (History of Civilization): General; Historiography. Philosophy; Civilization and race; Protohistory. Ancient history; Medieval history; Modern history; Special topics (Geography and civilization; Science and technology and civilization; War and civilization; Water and civilization).
CD (Diplomatics. Archives. Seals): The following category is selectively collected: Diplomatics (critical study of official documents).
CE (Technical Chronology. Calendar): General; Ancient; Medieval and modern.
D (History (general)): General. Historiography; Political and diplomatic history; Ancient history; Medieval and modern history (general), 476-; Medieval history; Modern history, 1453- (20th Century; World War I (1914-1918); World War II (1939-1945); Holocaust & other World War II atrocities); European history. Selectively collected categories: Military and naval history; Developing countries; Eastern hemisphere; European travel.
DA (Great Britain): Historiography. British Empire; England (General; History; London); Ireland; Scotland. Selectively collected categories: England (Description and travel; Counties, regions, etc.; Other cities, towns, etc.); Wales.
DAW (Central Europe): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
DB (Austria. Hungry): The following categories are selectively collected: Austria; Budapest; Other cities, towns, etc.; Hungry; Czech Republic. Slovak Republic.
DC (France): General; Antiquities. Social life and customs; History. Selectively collected categories: Description and travel; Local history and description.
DD (Germany): General; Antiquities. Social life and customs; History; West Germany; East Germany; Prussia. Selectively collected categories: Description and travel; Local history and description.
DF (Greece): Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire; Modern Greece.
DG (Italy): Medieval and Modern Italy, 476-; Regions of Italy. Selectively collected categories: Malta.
DH (Netherlands. Belgium): Netherlands; Belgium; Local history and description; Luxembourg.
DJ (Netherlands (Holland)): History. Selectively collected categories: General; Description and travel; Antiquities. Social life and customs; Local history and description.
DJK (Eastern Europe (general)): General. History. Regions.
DK (Russia, U.S.S.R., Russian Federation): General; Description and travel; History (Revolution. Soviet regime); Regions; Baltic states; Belarus; Ukraine; Moldava; Russian Federation; Georgia; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Siberia. Soviet Asia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tadzhikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Poland.
DL (Northern Europe. Scandinavia): General; Description and travel; Antiquities. Social life and customs; History; Denmark; Iceland; Norway; Sweden; Finland.
DP (Spain. Portugal): Spain; Portugal.
DQ (Switzerland): General; Antiquities. Social life and customs; History; Local history and description.
DR (Eastern Europe. Balkan Peninsula): General; History; Bulgaria; Montenegro (Crna Gorska); Romania; Turkey; Albania; Serbia. Bosnia-Hercegovina. Slovenia. Croatia. Selectively collected category: Description and travel.
DS (Asia): General; History; Islamic world; Arab countries; Southwestern Asia. Ancient Orient. Near East; Iraq (Ancient and modern); Lebanon; Syria (ancient and modern); Israel (Palestine). The Jews; Jordan; Armenia; Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia; Iran (Persia). Persian Gulf; Afghanistan; Pakistan; Bangladesh. East Pakistan; Southeastern Asia (Vietnamese conflict); China; Japan. Selectively collected categories: Asia Minor; Ancient western and central Asia; Southern Asia. Indian Ocean Region; India; Sri Lanka; Bhutan; Nepal; Goa; Eastern Asia. Far East; Thailand (Siam); Malay Peninsula; Singapore; Indonesia (Republic). Dutch East Indies; Philippine Islands; Korea.
DU (Oceania (South Seas)): The following categories are selectively collected: Austria; Smaller island groups (Hawaiian Islands).
DX (Gypsies): General; By country.
E (America. United States): America (General; Social life and customs. Civilization. Intellectual life; Ethnic groups); North America; Pre-Columbian America; Discovery and early exploration and description; United States (General; Social life and customs; Civilization. Intellectual life; General. Historiography; Study and teaching; Philosophy of American history; Biography; General works; Political history. Diplomatic history; Elements in the population (ethnic groups); Colonial history, 1607-1775; The Revolution, 1775-1783; Revolution of the Civil War, 1775-1861; Civil War period, 1861-1865; Late nineteenth century, 1865-1900; Twentieth century; 1961-).
F (United States Local history. Latin America. Canada): New England; Atlantic coast. Middle Atlantic States; The South. South Atlantic States; Gulf States; Old Northwest. Northwest Territory; Illinois; Great Lakes. Lake region; Michigan; Wisconsin; The West. Great Plains; Rocky Mountains; Pacific States. Pacific coast; Territories and possessions of the U.S.; Canada. Selectively collected categories: Old Southwest. Lower Mississippi Valley; Ohio; Ohio River and Valley; Indiana; New Southwest.
GN (Anthropology): Magic and witchcraft.
GT (Manners and Customs (general)): Medieval customs; Renaissance through 19th century; Court and castle life. Selectively collected categories: Inns, taverns, hotels; Transportation, travel customs; Customs of classes of persons.
GV (Recreation. Leisure): The following categories are selectively collected: Sports history (general); U.S. sports history (general); Circuses.
HB (Economic Theory. Demography): Mercantile system. Physiocrats; Marxian and radical economics.
HC (Economic History and Conditions): General. Biography; History.
HS (Societies: Secret. Benevolent, etc.): General. History; Societies. Ku Klux Klan. Selectively collected categories: Secret societies; Freemasons; Political and patriotic societies; General. History.
HX (Socialism. Communism. Anarchism): General; Special topics; Utopias. Anarchism.
JK (United States): Confederate States of America.
JV (Colonies and Colonization): Colonies and colonization; Emigration and immigration. International migration.
K (Law (general)): The following category is selectively collected: History of law. Biography. Anthropology.
KF (United States (general)): History. Selectively collected category: Confederate States of America.
KJ (Europe): History of law.
KL (Eurasia): The following category is selectively collected: Soviet Union. Russia.
Q (Science (general)): General. History.
QR (Microbiology): History. Biography.
R (Medicine (general)): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
RC (Internal Medicine): The following category is selectively collected: General.
T (Technology (general)): History.
U (Military Science (general)): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
UA (Armies: Organization, Distribution, etc.): The following category is selectively collected: General. History. Arms control.
UB (Military Administration): Minorities, women in armed forces. Selectively collected category: General. History.
UD (Infantry): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
UE (Cavalry. Armor): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
UF (Artillery): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
UG (Military Engineering. Air Forces): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
V (Naval Science (general)): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VB (Naval Administration): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VD (Naval Seaman): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VE (Marines): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VF (Naval Ordnance): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VK (Navigation. Merchant Marine): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
VM (Naval Architecture. Shipbuilding Marine Engineering): The following category is selectively collected: General. History.
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