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Looking for recommendations for books about 1830's Spain - both about general history and about literary and print culture more specifically (in Spanish or English) (3rd attempt)

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During the Cold War, did the US government actively work to prevent any possible rise of communism in Mexico?

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Why did it take so long for European monarchs to start attending universities?

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Where does the myth of the Spanish lisp come from?

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Did the British Romantics consider themselves Romantics? If not, who classified them as such and when?

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How did so many cultures come to have differentiated titles for women based on marital status (e.g. "Mrs" vs "Miss") but not for men (who are pretty much all "Mr" all their lives)?

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Le Solitaire (1821; The Recluse) by the Vicomte d'Arlincourt saw many editions and was a Europe-wide sensation translated into German, English (twice!), Dutch, Italian, Danish, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Portuguese by 1824. Why did it fail to make the 19th-c. European novelistic canon?

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Queen Victoria's likeness was well documented throughout her life, so why have depictions of her in late-middle and old age become the most dominant and recognizable ones today?

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Why didn't NY Governor Mario Cuomo run for president when he was one of the most charismatic Democratic politicians of the Reagan-Bush era?

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What's the history of the matador's traje de luces? It looks vaguely from the late 18th/early 19th century due to the knee breeches and high jacket cut. Also, what did Spanish bullfighters wear before it?

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Looking for recommendations for books about 1830's Spain - both about general history and about literary and print culture more specifically (in Spanish or English) (3rd attempt)	4	AskHistorians
During the Cold War, did the US government actively work to prevent any possible rise of communism in Mexico?	4	AskHistorians
Why did it take so long for European monarchs to start attending universities?	4	AskHistorians
Where does the myth of the Spanish lisp come from?	4	AskHistorians
Did the British Romantics consider themselves Romantics? If not, who classified them as such and when?	4	AskHistorians
How did so many cultures come to have differentiated titles for women based on marital status (e.g. "Mrs" vs "Miss") but not for men (who are pretty much all "Mr" all their lives)?	4	AskHistorians
Le Solitaire (1821; The Recluse) by the Vicomte d'Arlincourt saw many editions and was a Europe-wide sensation translated into German, English (twice!), Dutch, Italian, Danish, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Portuguese by 1824. Why did it fail to make the 19th-c. European novelistic canon?	4	AskHistorians
Queen Victoria's likeness was well documented throughout her life, so why have depictions of her in late-middle and old age become the most dominant and recognizable ones today?	4	AskHistorians
Why didn't NY Governor Mario Cuomo run for president when he was one of the most charismatic Democratic politicians of the Reagan-Bush era?	4	AskHistorians
What's the history of the matador's traje de luces? It looks vaguely from the late 18th/early 19th century due to the knee breeches and high jacket cut. Also, what did Spanish bullfighters wear before it?	4	AskHistorians