Selected Subject Headings:

• History--Bibliography
• Chronology, Historical
• History--[time period]--Bibliography

American Historical Association. Guide to historical literature. Ed. George Frederich Howe, et. al. New York: Macmillan, 1963.
SML Stacks Z6201 A43 (LC)

Updated by: The American Historical Association's guide to historical literature. Ed. Mary Beth Norton. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. 2v.
SML Reference Z6201 A55 1995 (LC)
Bass Reference Z6201 A55 1995 (LC)

Contains nearly 27,000 annotated citations (primarily to English language works) divided into forty-eight sections; citations refer chiefly to works published between 1961 and 1992. Section 22 covers Modern Europe, General.

Babuscio, Jack and Richard Minta Dunn. European Political Facts, 1648-1789. London: Macmillan, 1984.
Bass Reference JN9 B3 (LC)
In eight main sections: heads of state and key ministers; political chronology; the Enlightenment; defense and warfare; treaties and diplomacy; the Church; population; colonies and dependencies. Indexed. (Sheehy, CJ280).

Cook, Chris and John Paxton. European Political Facts, 1789-1848. London: Macmillan, 1981.
SML Reference JN10 C65 1981 (LC)
Bass Reference JN10 C65 (LC)

Provides chronologies, registers of heads of state and key ministers, descriptions of parliaments and systems of government, glossaries of people and terms, statistics, etc. Sources are not identified. Indexed. (Sheehy, CJ281).

-----. European Political Facts, 1848-1918. New York: Facts on File, 1978.
Bass Reference JN10 C66 1978 (LC)
SSL Reference JN10 C66 1978 (LC)
SSL JN10 C66 1978 (LC)
LSF JN10 C66 1978B (LC)

Aims to bring together comparable information for all the countries of Europe: chronological tables; notes on parliaments; lists of heads of state, ministers, etc.; elections; political parties; statistics of population and urbanization, etc. Indexed. (Sheehy, CJ282).

-----. European political facts of the twentieth century. Fifth edition. Houndmills, England; New York: Palgrave, 2001.
SML Reference JN12 C643 2001 (LC)

The Cambridge economic history of Europe. Ed. J. H. Clapham and Eileen Power. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1941-1980. 7v.
SML Reference HC240 C34 (LC)
Bass HC240 C34 (LC)
Some volumes have title Cambridge economic history.
Contents: v.1: The agrarian life of the Middle Ages; v.2: Trade and industry in the Middle Ages; v.3: Economic organization and policies in the Middle Ages: v.4: The economy of expanding Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; v.5: The economic organization of early modern Europe; v.6: The industrial revolutions and after; v.7: The industrial economies: capital, labour, and enterprise.

Cook, Chris. The Longman Handbook of Modern European History, 1763-1997. Third edition. New York: Longman, 1998.
SML Reference D299 C627X 1998
Offers "chronological, statistical and tabular information... biographies of important individuals, a glossary of commonly used historical terms and a topic bibliography... The coverage of the volume is European-wide in its broadest sense, including events in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and Scandinavia," (Pref. to second edition).

The Fontana economic history of Europe. Ed. Carlo M. Cipolla. Hassocks, England: Harvester Press; New York: Barnes & Noble, 1976-1977. 6v in 9.
SML Stacks HC240 F65 (LC)
Bass HC240 F653 (LC)
Contents: v.l: The Middle Ages; v.2: The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries; v.3: The Industrial Revolution, 1700-1914; v.4: The Emergence of Industrial Societies; v.5: The Twentieth Century; v.6: Contemporary Economies.
Substantial essays by European scholars on European economic history from Middle Ages to present. Uses both topical and national approaches; includes Scandinavia and eastern Europe.

Friedell, Egon. A cultural history of the modern age: the crisis of the European soul from the Black Death to the World War. Trans. Charles Francis Atkinson. New York: Knopf, 1953-54. 3v.
Bass CB357 F7513
Interesting, wide-ranging study of European culture from Renaissance through World War I; many suggestive discussions and insights.

Galasso, Giuseppe. Storia d'Europa. Roma: Editoria Laterza, 1996. 3v.
SML Stacks D20 G34X 1996

Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events. Third revised edition. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
Bass Reference D11 +G78 1991
SML Reference D11 +G78 1982 [Second revised edition]
SML Stacks D11 +G78 1979 [Second revised edition]
Contemporary names and events in various fields are presented in parallel columns: (A) History, politics; (B) Literature, theater; (C) Religion, philosophy, learning; (D) Visual arts; (E) Music; (F) Science, technology, growth; (G) Daily life. Much of the material is directly translated from Werner Stein's Kulturfahrplan, first published 1946. (Balay, DA32)

Handbook of European History, 1400-1600: late Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation. Ed. Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Heiko A. Oberman, James D. Tracy. Leiden; New York: E.J. Brill, 1994.
Bass D203 H36 1994
DIV D203 H36 1994 (LC)

Handbuch der europaischen Geschichte. Ed. Theodor Schieder. Stuttgart: Union Verlag, 1968-1987. 7 v. in 8.
LSF D101 H35

Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Ed. James S. Olson. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
SML Reference D217 H57 1991

Historical dictionary of the British empire. Ed. James S. Olson and Robert Shadle. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. 2v.
SML Reference DA16 H578 1996

Hohenberg, Paul M. and Lynn Hollen Lees. The making of urban Europe, 1000-1950. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985.
Bass HT131 H58 1985 (LC)
Broad synthesis in Annales tradition. Describes cities and part of international network transcending local connections; links agricultural productivity and urban expansion. First four chapters on medieval towns.

James, Mervyn. Society, politics, and culture: studies in early modern England. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986.
SML Stacks DA320 J36 1986
Seminal essays on aristocratic ideology, politics and reshaping of concept of honor from chivalric and feudal to civic and public, and integration of North and its nobility into central state.

Keesing's Record of World Events. London: Longman, 1987- .
SML Stacks D410 +K4
Available online to members of the Yale community
A diary of important events in all countries, including texts of speeches and documents, obituaries, statistics, etc., with source of report cited. Contents organized into chronological, geographical, and topical sections. A cumulative outline index in each issue supplements quarterly and annual indexes. (Balay, DA187)
Continues: Keesing's Contemporary Archives. London: Keesing's Limited, 1931-1986.
SML Stacks D410 +K4

Malclès, Louise-Noëlle. Les sources du travail bibliographique. Geneva: Librarie E. Droz, 1950-1958. 3v in 4.
SML Reference Z1002 M35 (LC)
Although now considerably out of date, this remains a notable contribution to bibliographic manuals, designed to serve as textbook and guide, with introductions and discussions in each chapter. Not limited to bibliographies; also includes dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, texts, important periodicals, collections, and other types of reference and source materials. While basic works of earlier dates are included, emphasis lies on publications of the 25-year period preceding compilation, and particularly 1940-50. International in scope, with emphasis on French and European works. (Balay, AA352)
T. 1: Bibliographies générales; t. 2: Bibliographies spécialisées, sciences humaines (2 volumes); t. 3: Bibliographies spécialisées, sciences exactes et techniques.

Mellersh, H. E. L. Chronology of world history. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999. 4v.
SML Reference D11 M39 1999
Vols. 2-4 by Neville Williams.
Vol. 1: The ancient and medieval world, prehistory-AD 1491; vol. 2: The expanding world, 1492-1775; vol. 3: The changing world, 1776-1900; vol. 4: The modern world, 1901-1998.
A list of events and achievements in history. Parallel presentation of events in political history and the history of culture (arts, sciences, etc.)

New Cambridge modern history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957-1979. 14v.
SML Reference D208 N4
Bass D208 N4
SML Andrews History Study (Room 214-215) D208 N4
The most important general modern history. This new edition was published without bibliographies. Volume 14 is a modern history atlas. This set is a successor to Cambridge modern history (1902-1924) which contains bibliographies which have not been completely superseded by Roach (see below) and which should be consulted. The earlier edition also contains 13 lists of royalty, parliaments, elected sovereigns, Popes, etc.

Companion bibliography: Roach, John. A bibliography of modern history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968.
SML Reference Z6204 R63 (LC)
LSF Z6204 R63

Prepared to be used with the New Cambridge Modern History, which unlike its predecessor, the Cambridge Modern History, does not contain bibliographies. Does not completely supersede the bibliographies in the original Cambridge Modern, and should be used in conjunction with them. No annotations. One of the best sources available for the beginning student. Cutoff date is generally 1961. Subject index.

The Cambridge modern history. Ed. A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes. New York; London: Macmillan, 1902-1924.
SML Stacks D208 C35 1902
LSF D208 C35 1902

Pounds, Norman John Greville. An historical geography of Europe. Cambridge, England; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
SML Stacks D21.5 P62 1990
Useful reference work combining economic, demographic, and environmental history in geographic presentation.

Reill, Peter Hanns and Ellen Judy Wilson. Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment. New York: Facts on File, c1996.
SML Stacks B802 +E53x 1996 (LC)

Reinhard, Wolfgang. Kleine Geschichte des Kolonialismus. Stuttgart: Kroner, c1996
SML Stacks JV61 R45 1996 (LC)

Schwartz, Richard Alan. The Cold War reference guide: a general history and annotated chronology, with selected biographies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. Inc., 1997.
SML Stacks D843 S3365X 1997

Sources of information in the social sciences: a guide to the literature. Ed. William H. Webb, Carl White, Alan R. Beals. Third revised edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
SML Reference Z7161 S666 1986 (LC)
Bass Reference Z7161 S666 1986 (LC)
Includes history as a social science and devotes one chapter to sources in history. Good critical annotations.

Steinberg, Sigfried Henry. Historical Tables, 58 BC-AD 1990. Twelfth edition. London: Macmillan, c1991.
SML D11 S7 1991
Bass Reference D11 S7 1991
1st ed., 1939
A chronology of world history, arranged in six parallel columns by period, beginning with 58 BCE when Caesar subdued Gaul, and covering through the 1990s. Up to World War I, political history is subdivided by geographic area, with additional headings or constitutional and economic history, ecclesiastical history, and cultural life.... After 1914, the columns are divided only by geographic area. Index of countries; personal names; events. (Balay, DA38)

Stewart, John. The British Empire: an encyclopedia of the Crown's holdings, 1493 through 1995. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., c1996.
SML Reference DA16 S84X 1996

Storia d'Europa. Ed. Perry Anderson. Turin: G. Einaudi, 1993- .
SML Stacks D20 S85X 1990

Trager, James. The People's Chronology; A Year-By-Year Record of Human Events From Prehistory to the Present. Revised and updated edition. New York: H. Holt, c1992.
Bass Reference D11 +T83 1992
More than 30,000 entries for major events in a broad range of topics-- political affairs, technology, art and photography, environment, consumer protection, food and drink-- designated by symbols. Much is found here that is not readily located in similar chronologies. Indexed. Coverage to 1991. (Balay, DA39)

Annotations:

Balay = Guide to reference books. Edited by Robert Balay. 11th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.
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Sheehy = Guide to reference books. Edited by Eugene P. Sheehy. 10th ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1986.
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