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Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
Modern History Library: Revolutions, Nations, Anthropology & Voyages
The GONUY Modern History Library features 100 public-domain books on modern history, with 118 authors. The collection covers revolutions, nation-building, social anthropology, and maritime voyages. Categories include Nations, Peoples & the Past; Wars, Revolutions & Nations; Exploring Anthropology & Everyday Life; and Sea Voyages & Shipwrecks.
100 public-domain works118 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
Subject gateways
Explore by Theme
Move through the collection by subject, historical setting and type of source.
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Wars, Revolutions & Nations: Sources & Perspectives
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Exploring Anthropology & Everyday Life
Texts connected with historical lives, social customs, institutions and the worlds in which people lived.
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Sea Voyages & Shipwrecks
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Modern History — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
A Close Encounter: The Marine La...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
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Hospital transports — Reading Notes
In Wars, R...
Specimens of British Trench Orde...
In Wars, R...
The Final Campaign: Marines in t...
In Sea Voy...
Bloody Beaches: The Marines at P...
In Wars, R...
Leyte: The Return to the Philipp...
In Sea Voy...
Breaching the Marianas: The Batt...
In Sea Voy...
Breaking the Outer Ring: Marine ...
In Sea Voy...
From Makin to Bougainville: Mari...
In Sea Voy...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & ContextOpen a focused route to works connected with Nations, Peoples & the Past: Texts & Context.Explore Wars, Revolutions & Nations: Sources & PerspectivesCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Wars, Revolutions & Nations: Sources & Perspectives.Read through Exploring Anthropology & Everyday LifeMove from introductory records to related works in Exploring Anthropology & Everyday Life.Browse Sea Voyages & ShipwrecksUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Sea Voyages & Shipwrecks.
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Catalogue stewardship
Ernest Orwell
Senior Catalogue Editor
Maintains catalogue records, records source attribution, organizes metadata, assigns categories, and prepares editorial context for the modern history collection.
