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Bigfoot, Twin Peaks, and sparkling vampires- where does the trope of supernatural or "weird" occurrences in the Pacific Northwest originate?

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"Mana" is a real concept from Polynesian cosmologies. How did it come to enter Western pop culture as a standard term for points expended to power magic?

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Children can be difficult to locate in history- they don't write and leave little material footprint. What are the theoretical and methodological concerns when studying the history of childhood?

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Monday Methods: Politics, Presentism, and Responding to the President of the AHA

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What is the history of the barbecue grill? When did it become ubiquitous in US backyards, and how did it become so strongly associated with Americana and masculinity?

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Zoroaster was the subject of a 1749 opera by Jean-Phillippe Rameau. Why would an 18th-century Frenchman be aware of, let alone know anything about, an Iranian philosopher from the 2nd-millenium BC?

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When did mummies become horror monsters? What are the first stories of malevolent mummies coming to life?

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How did Moby-Dick, a peculiar commercial failure, become a "Great American Novel?"

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What was the role of women in elite society of the Classic Maya?

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Phlogiston was first named in 1703, but was disproven by 1800. What's the story here? What theoretical issue did phlogiston solve, how popular did phlogstonic theory become, and was in there any negative response to its introduction or replacement?

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Bigfoot, Twin Peaks, and sparkling vampires- where does the trope of supernatural or "weird" occurrences in the Pacific Northwest originate?	2722
"Mana" is a real concept from Polynesian cosmologies. How did it come to enter Western pop culture as a standard term for points expended to power magic?	2040
Children can be difficult to locate in history- they don't write and leave little material footprint. What are the theoretical and methodological concerns when studying the history of childhood?	525
Monday Methods: Politics, Presentism, and Responding to the President of the AHA	335
What is the history of the barbecue grill? When did it become ubiquitous in US backyards, and how did it become so strongly associated with Americana and masculinity?	180
Zoroaster was the subject of a 1749 opera by Jean-Phillippe Rameau. Why would an 18th-century Frenchman be aware of, let alone know anything about, an Iranian philosopher from the 2nd-millenium BC?	135
When did mummies become horror monsters? What are the first stories of malevolent mummies coming to life?	115
How did Moby-Dick, a peculiar commercial failure, become a "Great American Novel?"	85
What was the role of women in elite society of the Classic Maya?	65
Phlogiston was first named in 1703, but was disproven by 1800. What's the story here? What theoretical issue did phlogiston solve, how popular did phlogstonic theory become, and was in there any negative response to its introduction or replacement?	60