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"The subject area scheme is based on the model found in the table
of contents of the _Harvard Guide to American History_.",
said M. McCarthy in his _International E-Mail Directory of Historicians_.
I cut out the "General" and "Regional" parts and put their information
into the "By Epoch" and "By Country" directories in the main part of this
gopher server, and I added his "geographical area" 00 (Philosophy of History).
I also tried to classify the subtopics with the Dewey Decimal Classification
(see "By Dewey..." from the History main menu). However, I had great
problems with it:
There are no subdivisions for the subdisciplines of history provided for
in the Dewey schedules 900-999. It says: "Class historical ... treatment
of a specific discipline or subject with the discipline or subject,
using notation -09". So I am forced to equal, e.g., economic history
with history of economics. Is that tolerable?
Any advice about this classification is welcome and should be directed to
x28@vm.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
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