Dr. Annette F. Timm
Department of History
Note: These are just suggestions to give you ideas. Use whatever works for you.
Symbols
Δ |
change |
↑ |
increase |
↓ |
decrease |
→ |
leads to / creates etc. |
female or women |
|
male or men |
|
\ |
therefore |
... |
means space in quote |
> |
more than |
< |
less than |
Common Abbreviations
with |
w/ |
because |
b/c |
equality |
=ity |
equals |
= |
for example |
e.g. |
for instance |
i.e. |
questioned |
?d |
question |
? |
against |
agnst |
between |
betw/ |
continued |
cont. |
different |
dif't |
everything |
evryt |
influence |
infl |
rate (i.e. birth r.) |
r. |
something |
st |
through |
thru |
development |
devel |
explanation |
expl |
traditional |
trad |
cultural |
cult |
economic |
econ |
education |
educ |
institution |
instit |
justification |
justific |
government |
gov't |
important |
import. |
individual |
indiv. |
large |
lrg |
nothing |
nt |
probably |
prob. |
separate or separation |
sep. |
similar |
sim. |
social or society |
soc. |
statistics |
stats |
Specific Historical Terms
19th Century |
19thC or 19C |
World War I |
WWI |
World War II |
WWII |
Industrial Revolution |
Indust. Rev. |
French Revolution |
Fren. Rev. |
Russian Revolution |
Rus. Rev. |
National Socialism |
Nat Soc or Nazism |
Prussian |
Prus |
United States or American |
US |
Great British or Britain |
Brit or GB |
English or England |
Eng. |
German |
Germ |
French, France |
Fr. |
Politics / Economics / Culture
agrarian |
agrar |
association |
assoc |
bourgeois (i.e. middle class) |
bourg |
bureaucracy |
bureac |
constitution |
constit |
emacipation |
emancip |
foreign |
for. (for. pol.) |
history, historical |
hist |
ideology |
ideol |
ideology or ideological |
ideol |
industrial |
indust |
liberalism |
lib |
modern |
mod |
mitlitary |
milit |
movement |
mov't |
philosophy or philosophical |
philos |
political science |
pol sci |
political |
polit |
public opinion |
pub. op. |
private |
priv. |
public |
pub. |
radical |
rad. |
universal suffrage |
univ. suff. |
working class |
w.c. (also m.c. or up.c.) |