United States History: Books & eBooks
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U.S. History Call Numbers
The UW Tacoma Library arranges books by Library of Congress (LC) call numbers. Though history is covered in every discipline (e.g., women's history may be located in the women's studies call numbers while the medical history may be in the medicine call numbers), the major sections for American history are listed below.
| E11-E143 | America |
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| E75-E99 | Native Americans |
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| E101-E135 | Discovery of America |
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| E151-E889 | United States |
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| E186-E199 | Colonial History |
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| E201-E298 | Revolution |
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| E456-E665 | Civil War |
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| E740-E837 | 20th Century |
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| E838-E889 | Late 20th Century |
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| E895-E904 | 21st Century |
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| F1-F975 | State & Local history |
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| F886-F900 | Washington State |
Featured Books
Roe: The History of a National Obsession by Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 Z544 2023ISBN: 9780300266108Publication Date: 2023-01-24The leading U.S. expert on abortion law charts the many meanings associated with Roe v. Wade during its fifty-year history "Ziegler sets a brisk pace but delivers substantial depth. . . . A must-read for those seeking to understand what comes next."--Publishers Weekly What explains the insistent pull of Roe v. Wade? Abortion law expert Mary Ziegler argues that the U.S. Supreme Court decision, which decriminalized abortion in 1973 and was overturned in 2022, had a hold on us that was not simply the result of polarized abortion politics. Rather, Roe took on meanings far beyond its original purpose of protecting the privacy of the doctor-patient relationship. It forced us to confront questions about sexual violence, judicial activism and restraint, racial justice, religious liberty, the role of science in politics, and much more. In this history of what the Supreme Court's best-known decision has meant, Ziegler identifies the inconsistencies and unsettled issues in our abortion politics. She urges us to rediscover the nuance that has long resided where we would least expect to find it--in the meaning of Roe itself.
Lighting the Fires of Freedom:African American Women in the Civil Rights MovementAvailable online
This book shines a light on women's all-too-often overlooked achievements in the Movement.
Indigenous Women and Work: from Labor to ActivismAvailable online
These essays create a transnational and comparative dialogue on the history of the productive and reproductive lives and circumstances of Indigenous women from the late nineteenth century to the present in the United States, Australia, New Zealand/Aotearoa, and Canada.
