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[National Identity] Is there a pattern to how and when nationalism took hold in a given population/nation-states were formed? (Europe, if this needs to be narrowed by continent.)

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How accurate a depiction of 1850s London is Michael Crichton's "The Great Train Robbery?"

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I'm a free black person, in the slave owning US South. How do I prove my status?

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[Home] What's the story of the early 1900s baby boom?

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[Oral History] I'm reading "Why The West Rules - For Now" and a lot of the Chinese history comes from folk stories thought to contain facts from centuries or millennia previous. How do historians determine that?

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What country was best educated in the first half of the 20th century?

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How did Kissinger's career survive Nixon/Vietnam?

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[Agriculture] The late Augustus Owsley "Bear" Stanley III claimed that the US prohibition of cannabis cultivation was partially motivated by the threat of hemp fiber to the cotton industry. Is this a case of Bear being brilliant or Bear being nuts?

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[1960s] Why did the USAF want a spaceplane so damn badly and when did they figure out that they just couldn't give an airplane enough thrust to cross the Karman line on its own?

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[1930s] Why was this Second Sino-Japanese War propaganda published in America, in English? Did Imperial Japan care about the opinions of expats?

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[National Identity] Is there a pattern to how and when nationalism took hold in a given population/nation-states were formed? (Europe, if this needs to be narrowed by continent.)	17
How accurate a depiction of 1850s London is Michael Crichton's "The Great Train Robbery?"	17
I'm a free black person, in the slave owning US South. How do I prove my status?	17
[Home] What's the story of the early 1900s baby boom?	16
[Oral History] I'm reading "Why The West Rules - For Now" and a lot of the Chinese history comes from folk stories thought to contain facts from centuries or millennia previous. How do historians determine that?	16
What country was best educated in the first half of the 20th century?	16
How did Kissinger's career survive Nixon/Vietnam?	15
[Agriculture] The late Augustus Owsley "Bear" Stanley III claimed that the US prohibition of cannabis cultivation was partially motivated by the threat of hemp fiber to the cotton industry. Is this a case of Bear being brilliant or Bear being nuts?	14
[1960s] Why did the USAF want a spaceplane so damn badly and when did they figure out that they just couldn't give an airplane enough thrust to cross the Karman line on its own?	14
[1930s] Why was this Second Sino-Japanese War propaganda published in America, in English? Did Imperial Japan care about the opinions of expats?	13