HIST 341: Call Me Ishmael (HC)

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The following searches are a sampling of possibilities.  To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.  Note that all these searches are in the Books+Media channel.  In examples #1 and 4 below, using keywords (rather than subjects) will pick up results from chapter titles.

        (muslim* OR islam* OR mohammed* OR ottoman* OR barbary) AND (antebellum OR "18th century") AND ("united states" OR america*) [Keyword search]        

        (muslim* OR islam* OR ottoman* OR barbary OR algier*)  AND  ("18th century" OR "19th century") AND ("united states" OR america*) [Subject search]     

        ("united states OR "north america*") [Subject] AND slave* AND (muslim* OR islam* OR moslem* OR allah) AND  (history OR sources) [Subject]       

        (women* OR gender*) [Subject] AND (muslim* OR islam* OR ottoman* OR turk*) AND ["18th century" OR "19th century"] [Keywords]       

**  Try opening a search above and replace one of the topics with your subject interest.

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