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Fiona MacDonald  23
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Jane Austen  22
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Anita Ganeri  17
Sally Senzell Isaacs  16
Craig A. Doherty  16
Stuart A. Kallen  15
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala  14
Richard Tames  14
G. B. Harrison  14
Helen Dwyer  14
Borisav Čeliković  14
Mark Twain  13
Anthony Mitchell Sammarco  13
John Malam  13
Andrew Santella  13
Francois Bernier  13
Peter Chrisp  12
Marla Felkins Ryan  12
Linda Schmittroth  12
Gökhan Akçura  12
Kate Chopin  12
Kathryn Hinds  12
Liz Sonneborn  12
Jack S. Williams  11
Im, Chae-hae  11
Walter Besant  11
Ashton, John  11
Horace Walpole  11
Joseph Earl Dabney  11
Alice Morse Earle  11
中沢 啓治  11
Petra Press  11
Massimo Montanari  11
Alfred Franklin  11
Hanʼguk Hyangtʻosa Yŏnʼgu Chŏnʼguk Hyŏbŭihoe  11
Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce baron de Lahontan  10
Natalie M. Rosinsky  10
Edith Wharton  10
Ambrose Bierce  10
Peter Ackroyd  10
Nancy Bonvillain  10
Sarah De Capua  10
Kathleen Kuiper  10
Sir Walter Scott  10
Jean de Léry  10
Jérome Carcopino  10
Tilly, Alexandre comte de  9
Amino, Yoshihiko  9
Edwin Clarence Guillet  9
Karen Bryant-Mole  9
Davis, Norman  9
King, David C.  9
William Makepeace Thackeray  9
Don Rittner  9
Hao Wu  9
Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker  9
Stephen Feinstein  9
David Roberts  9
Jacqueline Morley  9
Nicola Barber  9
John S. Goodall  9
Sŏul Yŏksa Pangmulgwan  9
Plinio Grossi  9
P. L. Jacob  8
Marius Barbeau  8
José Deleito y Piñuela  8
Daniel P. Kidder  8
Kungnip Minsok Pangmulgwan (Korea)  8
Randall Gabrielan  8
Henri d' Alméras  8
Don Nardo  8
Elaine Landau  8
Jillian Powell  8
Michael Burgan  8
Rachel Wright  8
Edgar Allan Poe  8
Alice Taylor  8
Allison Lassieur  8
Peter Hepplewhite  8
Jack London  8
Linda Thompson  8
Makoto Takeuchi  8
Karel Schoeman  8
Uri Madang Tʻŏ (Firm : Korea)  8
Emine Gürsoy-Naskali  8
Juraj Šebo  8
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Subjects

Pictorial works  7,237
Manners and customs  6,492
Biography  6,188
Social conditions  3,321
Civilization  2,695
Description and travel  2,605
Juvenile literature  2,241
Politics and government  1,707
Sources  1,525
Histoire  1,430
Buildings, structures  1,411
Fiction  1,281
Intellectual life  1,256
Anecdotes  1,169
Women  1,125
Historic buildings  1,099
Economic conditions  1,013
History and criticism  990
Folklore  973
Ethnology  942
Indians of North America  931
Antiquities  889
Jews  866
Travel  866
Mœurs et coutumes  855
Popular culture  800
Exhibitions  787
Congresses  766
Ethnic relations  722
Local History  645
Social aspects  618
Family  583
Families  581
Food habits  562
Festivals  561
Frontier and pioneer life  555
Childhood and youth  512
Court and courtiers  501
Nobility  481
Rites and ceremonies  459
Postcards  445
Correspondence  444
Great britain, social life and customs  444
Religious life and customs  441
Clothing and dress  440
Religion  437
City and town life  436
Indians of north america, social life and customs  436
Diaries  430
African Americans  423
Country life  421
Moeurs et coutumes  418
Material culture  411
United states, social life and customs  403
Homes and haunts  388
Indians of South America  354
World War, 1939-1945  352
Early works to 1800  349
Kings and rulers  336
England, social life and customs  327
Church history  314
Emigration and immigration  313
Immigrants  312
Indians of north america, history  312
Children  309
General  302
Ethnic identity  301
Genealogy  298
Photography  298
Miscellanea  296
Costume  291
Indians of north america, juvenile literature  290
Education  289
Cities and towns  283
Rural conditions  278
Farm life  275
HISTORY  272
British  269
Theater  269
Dwellings  265
United States  264
Marriage  260
Architecture  257
Fiction, historical, general  252
California, history  249
Race relations  244
California, description and travel  239
Community life  237
Social classes  233
Upper class  229
Personal narratives  226
Social change  226
Carnival  225
Interviews  223
Social history  222
Commerce  217
Agriculture  216
Indians of Mexico  214
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First published

2010  2,430
2009  2,371
2011  2,055
2008  1,943
2007  1,899
2012  1,833
2006  1,664
2005  1,546
2013  1,529
2004  1,504
2003  1,457
2002  1,436
2014  1,435
2000  1,305
1999  1,236
2001  1,224
1998  1,170
2015  1,011
1997  978
1996  901
1994  856
1995  852
2016  746
2017  714
1993  693
1992  662
2018  613
1991  603
2019  556
1990  542
1989  485
2020  424
1986  418
1984  417
1987  413
1985  410
1988  408
2021  383
1983  371
1982  322
1981  284
1980  264
1978  232
1977  201
1979  198
1976  178
1975  131
1974  130
1970  127
2022  124
1972  114
1968  106
1967  104
1966  103
1969  103
1971  96
1973  92
1900  91
1962  80
1965  68
1964  63
1937  59
1958  58
1959  58
1912  54
1909  53
1939  53
1938  52
1933  51
1961  51
1903  50
1936  50
1929  49
1931  49
1960  49
1963  47
1913  46
1955  46
1907  45
1935  45
1956  45
1930  44
1942  44
1944  44
1934  42
1957  42
1940  41
1927  40
1941  40
1950  40
1910  39
1946  39
1949  39
1911  38
1920  38
1898  37
1954  37
1906  36
1923  36
1893  35
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Publisher

Arcadia Publishing  2,860
Arcadia Pub.  1,452
Arcadia  643
Sine nomine  491
Oxford University Press  408
Arcadia Publishing (SC)  372
Arcadia Publishing  338
History Press  317
Taylor & Francis Group  312
Cambridge University Press  233
Arcadia Publishing Library Editions  212
Macmillan  192
Routledge  188
Penguin Books  164
Tandem Library  138
The History Press  138
Yale University Press  135
Penguin  133
University of Nebraska Press  133
St. Martin's Press  126
Greenwood Press  123
Oxford University Press, USA  118
Penguin Random House  116
Palgrave Macmillan  113
Knopf  110
L'Harmattan  110
Kessinger Publishing, LLC  104
HarperCollins Publishers  100
Heinemann Library  99
[publisher not identified]  99
University of California Press  97
Minsogwŏn  95
Heinemann  89
HarperCollins  88
Dutton  83
Dover Publications  81
PowerKids Press  81
Rosen Publishing Group  81
University of Oklahoma Press  80
Franklin Watts  79
Independently Published  79
Viking  79
A. Sutton  77
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform  77
Min zu chu ban she  77
Clarendon Press  76
Gallimard  76
Hachette  75
Creative Media Partners, LLC  73
University of Chicago Press  73
Collins  72
University of Texas Press  72
University of Toronto Press  72
Thorndike Press  71
Random House  70
BiblioBazaar  69
Dent  69
Kessinger Publishing  69
Chatto & Windus  68
Doubleday  68
Lucent Books  68
Scribner  68
Arcadia Publishing  67
Modern Library  67
Yoshikawa Kōbunkan  67
Houghton Mifflin  66
Hodder Wayland  65
AMS Press  64
IndyPublish.com  64
Johns Hopkins University Press  64
Manchester University Press  63
University of New Mexico Press  63
Harvard University Press  62
Columbia University Press  61
Random House Publishing Group  61
Scholastic  61
Stanford University Press  61
Turner Publishing Company  61
Wayland  61
Penguin Books, Limited  60
Harper  59
Longman  59
Brill  58
Penguin Classics  58
Vintage  58
Franklin Watts Ltd  57
Batsford  56
Harmattan  56
History Press Limited, The  55
Indiana University Press  55
Sutton  55
University Press of Florida  55
New American Library  54
Norton  54
University of Pennsylvania Press  54
Vintage Books  54
Penguin Books Ltd  53
Princeton University Press  53
Echo Library  51
Harper & Row  51
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People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)  43
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)  33
Elizabeth I Queen of England (1533-1603)  23
House of Romanov  23
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)  22
Louis XIV King of France (1638-1715)  21
Paston family  18
Elizabeth Bennet  17
Caroline Bingley  16
Catherine Bennet  16
Catherine de Bourgh  16
Charles Bingley  16
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)  16
Charlotte Lucas  16
Edward Windsor Duke of (1894-1972)  16
Fitzwilliam Darcy  16
George Wickham  16
Jane Bennet  16
Lydia Bennet  16
Mary Bennet  16
Mr. Bennet  16
Mrs. Bennet  16
William Collins  16
Jesus Christ  15
Wallis Warfield Windsor Duchess of (1896-1986)  15
Horace Walpole (1717-1797)  13
Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821)  13
Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400)  12
Jane Austen (1775-1817)  12
George Washington (1732-1799)  10
Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510-1571?)  10
Peyton Farquhar  10
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)  10
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837)  9
Alice Taylor (1938-)  8
Christopher Columbus  8
Dorothy Osborne (1627-1695)  8
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (fl. 1613)  8
French  8
John Evelyn (1620-1706)  8
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)  8
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)  8
T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935)  8
Wallis Warfield Windsor Duchess of (1896-)  8
William Temple Sir (1628-1699)  8
Catherine II Empress of Russia (1729-1796)  7
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)  7
Faith Brown  7
Francisco Franco (1892-1975)  7
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)  7
Goodman Brown  7
Goody Cloyse  7
Henry Clay (1777-1852)  7
House of Hanover  7
House of Medici  7
Mongkut King of Siam (1804-1868)  7
William Cavendish Devonshire Duke of (1748-1811)  7
Adèle Ratignolle  6
Alcée Arobin  6
Alphonse Ratignolle  6
Anna Harriette Leonowens (1834-1914)  6
Beaudelet  6
Davis family  6
Devil  6
Doctor Mandelet  6
Edna Pontellier  6
Ellen Joe  6
Etienne Pontellier  6
Fanny Burney (1752-1840)  6
Farival twins  6
Georgiana Spencer Cavendish Devonshire Duchess of (1757-1806)  6
Gouvernail  6
James Highcamp  6
James Madison (1751-1836)  6
Léonce Pontellier  6
Madame Aline Lebrun  6
Madame Antoine  6
Madame Pontellier  6
Mademoiselle Reisz  6
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal Sévigné marquise de (1626-1696)  6
Mariequita  6
Miss Mayblunt  6
Monsieur Farival  6
Mrs. Highcamp  6
Mrs. Merriman  6
Napoleon III Emperor of the French (1808-1873)  6
Old Celestine  6
Raoul Pontellier  6
Robert Lebrun  6
Russell family  6
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)  6
Toni Antoine  6
Victor Lebrun  6
Washington Irving (1783-1859)  6
Yŏngjo King of Korea (1694-1776)  6
Alexandre Manette  5
Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)  5
Charles Darnay  5
Charles V Holy Roman Emperor (1500-1558)  5
Cheri  5
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Places

Great Britain  1,848
England  1,820
France  1,809
United States  1,803
China  1,624
Japan  1,230
Italy  1,177
Germany  900
Spain  762
Turkey  694
Korea  688
Mexico  672
Russia (Federation)  560
Brazil  550
Europe  550
Russia  481
California  472
London (England)  457
New York (State)  431
Paris (France)  430
Rome  398
India  397
Poland  345
Australia  328
London  320
Ireland  319
Paris  300
New York (N.Y.)  293
Canada  292
Greece  284
Korea (South)  281
Scotland  271
Texas  241
Soviet Union  231
New York  225
Pennsylvania  211
Egypt  208
Virginia  205
West (U.S.)  200
Massachusetts  197
Peru  191
Argentina  180
Southern States  177
Austria  159
Netherlands  152
Ukraine  151
Illinois  148
Tokyo (Japan)  148
Florida  146
Berlin (Germany)  139
Louisiana  138
Rome (Italy)  135
Hungary  132
Istanbul (Turkey)  132
Iran  130
New England  130
Québec (Province)  128
Taiwan  125
Colombia  122
North Carolina  122
Ohio  119
New Zealand  117
Portugal  117
Romania  117
Washington (D.C.)  111
Florence (Italy)  110
Morocco  110
Venice (Italy)  110
Michigan  109
Tokyo  109
Istanbul  108
Switzerland  106
Israel  102
Georgia  100
Ontario  99
Shanghai (China)  99
Cuba  98
San Francisco (Calif.)  98
South Carolina  97
New Jersey  96
Palestine  96
Saint Petersburg (Russia)  96
Africa  95
America  93
Czech Republic  93
San Francisco  92
Serbia  92
Sweden  92
New Mexico  91
Kentucky  86
Nigeria  86
Middle East  84
Alaska  83
Beijing (China)  83
Florence  81
Colorado  79
New Orleans (La.)  79
Vienna (Austria)  79
Belgium  76
Berlin  76
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Times

20th century  5,263
19th century  3,333
18th century  1,395
17th century  793
16th century  561
To 1500  406
21st century  340
1945-  308
To 1775  304
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775  250
1918-1945  236
Civil War, 1861-1865  211
1600-1868  207
1066-1485  174
Victoria, 1837-1901  152
1392-1910  137
Medieval, 500-1500  127
Revolution, 1789-1799  114
960-1644  100
1533-1917  99
1945-1970  94
1789-1815  89
Elizabeth, 1558-1603  86
Tokugawa period, 1600-1868  85
George III, 1760-1820  84
Revolution, 1775-1783  84
1865-1918  82
Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918  80
221 B.C.-960 A.D.  79
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910  79
Tudors, 1485-1603  76
1775-1865  73
1933-1945  73
1971-  73
1783-1865  72
1868-1912  71
1644-1912  68
To 332 B.C.  68
Stuarts, 1603-1714  65
1864-1910  56
To 1066  56
To 70 A.D.  56
George VI, 1936-1952  55
Song dynasty, 960-1279  54
To 1763 (New France)  53
20e siècle  51
Edward VII, 1901-1910  51
1929  49
Spanish colony, 1540-1810  48
Louis XIV, 1643-1715  46
To 221 B.C.  46
1910-1945  44
To 146 B.C.  44
1185-1600  43
15th century  43
George V, 1910-1936  43
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912  42
1775-1783  41
1789-1900  41
1801-1917  41
1912-1945  41
Early modern, 1500-1700  40
Meiji period, 1868-1912  40
Regency Era  38
1919-1933  37
1951-  37
Lancaster and York, 1399-1485  37
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644  37
Revolution, 1917-1921  36
19e siècle  35
Medieval period, 1066-1485  35
To 1795  35
1328-1600  34
476-1492  34
British occupation, 1765-1947  34
1789-1799  33
German occupation, 1940-1945  33
Japanese occupation, 1910-1945  33
To 1600  33
1800-1950  32
Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.  32
1912-1949  31
Elizabeth II, 1952-  31
Tang dynasty, 618-907  31
1898-1951  30
1939-1975  30
1945-1990  30
Bourbons, 1589-1789  30
Edo period, 1600-1868  30
1918-1933  29
Republic, 1912-1949  29
1990-  28
1991-  27
711-1516  26
1788-1900  25
1789-1820  25
Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066  25
Civil War, 1936-1939  25
Louis XVI, 1774-1793  25
To 1846  25
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