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HIST 9 (McDonald, Fall 2023): Subject Headings

Introduction to Historical Methods: history and memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Examples of LC Subject Headings - Hiroshima History

Subject Headings - Primary Sources:

Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Personal narratives
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Pictorial works

Broad Subject Headings:

Atomic bomb -- Hiroshima-shi -- Bombardment -- 1945 -- History
Atomic bomb -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Specific Subject Headings:

Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- History -- 20th century
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi -- Biography
Children of atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
Collective memory -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Drama
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Poetry
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Literature and the bombardment
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects

Subject Headings for Hiroshima Bombing - Collective Memory

Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)

Atomic bomb victims -- Religious life -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Collective memory -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Memorials -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Responsibility -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Peace movements -- Japan -- Hiroshima-shi

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects

Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- Religious life and customs