BACKGROUND: The subdivision –History may be used under most headings to designate a historical treatment of the topic in question. There are, however, certain restrictions on its use. These restrictions are described in this instruction sheet.
1. General rule. Except as noted below, use the free-floating
subdivision –History under topical headings, classes of persons, ethnic
groups, uniform titles of sacred works, and names of places and corporate
bodies for descriptions and explanations of past events concerning the topic,
group, sacred work, place, or organization. Examples:
650 #0 $a Aeronautics $x History.
650 #0 $a Indians of North America $x History.
630 00 $a Koran $x History.
651 #0 $a Washington (D.C.) $x History.
610 20 $a Catholic Church $x History.
610 20 $a General Motors Corporation $x History.
Do not use –History under:
· headings or subdivisions that
denote history, that have an obvious historical connotation, or that have been
treated as inherently historical
For a discussion of these headings and subdivisions, see sec.
3.
· literary, music or film form
headings
Instead use –History and criticism, for example, English poetry–History
and criticism; Dance music–History and criticism; Western films–History
and criticism. For subdivisions used under literatures and literary genres,
see H
1156. For subdivisions used under musical compositions, see H
1160.
· art genre headings, qualified by
names of national, ethnic, or religious groups
See H
1250, sec. 1.
· name-title headings or under
uniform titles other than sacred works
Assign these headings without subdivision to historical treatments of
particular works. For subdivisions used under literary works entered under
author, see H
1155.6. For subdivisions used under literary work entered under title, see H
1155.8.
· names of individual persons or
families, including dynasties and royal houses
For subdivisions used under names of individual persons, see H
1110. For subdivisions used under names of families, see H
1120. For instructions on biographic works, see H
1330. For instructions on genealogy, see H
1631. For instructions on dynasties, royal houses, etc., see H
1574.
2. Chronological subdivisions.
a. Established chronological subdivisions. Use –History
further subdivided by chronological subdivisions for specific time periods
where they are established under headings for topics and places. Examples:
651 #0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865.
651 #0 $a Japan $x History $y Heian period, 794-1185.
650 #0 $a Theater $x History $y To 500.
b. Free-floating chronological subdivisions. Historical periods
may also be brought out by headings of the type [topic]–History–To
1500 or [topic]–History–[16th, 17th, 18th, 19th,
20th, or 21st] century. Assign these free-floating –History–[...]
century subdivisions whenever it is possible to do so, that is, when there
is no contrary provision in the subject authority file. Also assign, on a free-floating
basis, headings of the type [place]–[topic]–History–[16th,
17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, or 21st] century so long as the topical subdivision
is not one of those listed in sec.
9, and no contrary provision exists in the subject authority file. Examples:
650 #0 $a Technology $z France $x History $y 20th century.
651 #0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Commerce $x History $y 19th century.
610 10 $a Virginia. $b General Assembly $x Contested elections $x History $y 19th century.
For topics or corporate bodies that by their nature are limited to a specific
century, do not include the century subdivision. Example:
650 #0 $a Lasers $x History.
[not 650 #0 $a Lasers $x History $y 20th century.]
For topics or corporate bodies that originated in and are limited to the
current century, do not include the century subdivision.
In 1997, subdivisions of the type History–[16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, or
20th] century were added to H
1140, thereby allowing their free-floating use under geographic headings at
any level. These subdivisions were added to facilitate subject access by time
period, primarily for places smaller than countries where chronological
subdivisions were previously not established. These free-floating century
subdivisions should be used with caution under names of countries and other
geographic headings where chronological subdivisions for specific time periods
have been established. Assign these century subdivisions only where there is no
conflict with chronological subdivisions established in the subject authority
file.
c. Establishing new chronological subdivisions. In accordance
with the insturctions in H
620, sec. 3, d. and where there is sufficient material to warrant it,
establish new chronological subdivisions under headings of the type [topic
or place]–History to represent significant time periods in the
history of the topic or place, such as the reign or term of office of a ruler
or president of a country. For instructions on establishing events as
subdivisions, see H
1592, sec. 5.
3. Headings and subdivisions that are historical in nature. Do
not use the subdivision –History under headings that already denote
history, a historical time period, or a historical event, or that have an
obvious historical connotation. Examples:
650 #0 $a Social history.
650 #0 $a Nineteen seventies.
650 #0 $a Renaissance.
650 #0 $a Reconstruction (1914-1939)
650 #0 $a Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988.
611 20 $a Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
Do not use the subdivision –History as a further subdivision after
subdivisions that represent events. Examples:
650 #0 $a Solar eclipses $y 1969.
610 20 $a Triangle Shirtwaist Company $x Fire, 1911
651 #0 $a Vesuvius (Italy) $x Eruption, 79
Also, do not use –History after subdivisions that denote history or that
have traditionally been regarded as being explicitly or implicitly historical
These are listed in sec.
9.
Further subdivide these historical headings and subdivisions directly by the
chronological subdivisions that are established or authorized for free-floating
use with them. Examples:
650 #0 $a Military history, Modern $y 20th century.
651 #0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1783-1815.
651 #0 $a Boston (Mass.) $x Politics and government $y 1775-1865.
651 #0 $a Buenos Aires (Argentina) $x Intellectual life $y 20th century.
See H
1140 for the free-floating topical subdivisions subdivided by centuries
that may be used under geographic headings at any level.
4. Historical source materials. See H 2080, sec. 1, for instructions on using the subdivisions –History–Sources or –Sources for collections or discussions of historical source materials.
5. Chronology. See H 1367, sec. 2, for instructions on using the subdivisions –History–Chronology or –Chronology for works containing listings of dates and events in the order of their occurrence in the history of a topic or place.
6. Philosophy headings. For inverted headings that begin with the word Philosophy, for example, Philosophy, French, chronological subdivisions are established directly under the heading without the interposition of the subdivision –History. Use the subdivision –History under these headings only for general historical works, not for those that deal with a specific period. Do not use the subdivision –History–16th, [17th, 18th, etc.] century under these headings. If a work deals with a specific period or specific century, and it is judged to be important to bring out that period or century, establish it directly under the heading, if it has not already been established.
7. Form subdivisions. In those instances where it is necessary to
designate the history of a form, and no other provisions exist, assign the
subdivision –History after the subdivision. Code the subdivision as an $x
subfield because it is functioning as a topical subdivision. Example:
Title: Development of medical periodicals.
650 #0 $a Medicine $x Periodicals $x History.
Consider the following factors, however:
· Form subdivisions that may not be used as topical subdivisions. Certain form subdivisions may not be used as topical subdivisions because the corresponding topical aspect is designated by another subdivision. Example:
Form heading:
650 #0 $a Medicine $v Indexes.
History of the topic:
650 #0 $a Medicine $x Abstracting and indexing $x History.
· Art form subdivisions. By custom, art form subdivisions are not further subdivided by –History, including the subdivisions –Art, –Portraits, and –Illustrations.
8. Further subdivision by place. Do not subdivide the subdivision
–History by place in order to designate the history of a discipline in a
particular place. Instead, as a general rule, use headings of the type:
650 #0 $a [discipline] $z [place] $x History.
Thus no distinction is normally made between the history of the discipline in a
place and the history of conditions in a place. The above heading is used to
designate both aspects.
Note: For some disciplines these two aspects are separately designated. In the case of economics, for example, the heading Economics–[place]–History designates the history of the discipline in a place, whereas the history of economic conditions in a place is designated by the subdivision –Economic conditions under the name of the place. Normally, exceptional situations of this type are explained by scope notes in the subject authority file.
9. Subdivisions not further subdivided by –History. Do not use –History
after the following free-floating subdivisions:
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