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===='''Here are the new DailyHistory.org Study Guides:'''====
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[[United States History Study Guide|United States History]] - [[American Civil War Study Guide|American Civil War]] - [[World War One Study Guide|World War One]] - [[World War Two Study Guide|World War Two]] - [[Ancient History Study Guide|Ancient History]] - [[Roman History Study Guide|Roman History]] - [[Renaissance History Study Guide|Renaissance History]] - [[Ancient Greek Study Guide|Ancient Greek History]] - [[Ancient Egypt Study Guide|Ancient Egypt History]] - [[The History of Things Guide|The History of Things]]
The Oxford University Press recently published Theresa Kaminski's Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II. Kaminski's book follows the lives of four American women who were stranded in the Philippines after Japan invaded during World War II. Publishers Weekly described her book as a "fast-paced true story" that documents how these women resisted Japanese occupation.  
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==== United States History ====
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Gold is first known to have been acquired by ancient human societies in the 4th millennium BC, a time when copper and metals were beginning to be utilized more frequently. This suggests this is a period when pyrotechnologies improved, allowing metals to be developed more substantially.
 
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==[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]==
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====Ancient Greek History====
Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites.
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Nineteenth-century medicine was characterized by constant competition among three major medical sects: Regulars, Eclectics, and Homeopaths.[1] Each of these medical sects not only meaningfully disagreed on how to treat illnesses and diseases, but sought to portray their type of practice as the most effective and scientific.
 
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====History of Religion====
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As the calendar flipped from June to July in 1863 Gettysburg, a small market town founded in the soft, rolling hills of south central Pennsylvania on Samuel Gettys farm half a century before, was unknown to most Americans. Four days later, on July 4, it had become "The Most Famous Small Town in America," as boosters would come to call it.
 
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The second world war was arguably the most catastrophic war in human history. The origins of the second world war in Europe are complex and controversial. The following article is a list of ten books that provide different perspectives on the root causes of the second world.
 
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==== Medical History ====
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The early German victories in Poland, Norway, France, the Low Countries, the Balkans, North Africa, and Russia form an impressive list of military triumphs. What was more, these triumphs were accomplished with great speed and fairly modest cost to the Germans. Indeed, these victories were so striking that they gave rise to the myth of German military supremacy—a myth that has persisted to this day.
 
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Includes both Expert and User created Top Ten History Booklists.
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