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A European peasant from around the year 1000, in an area with very low monetary circulation, finds a big shiny gold coin. What can tgey actually do with it?

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How did deaf people react to the introduction of sound in motion pictures?

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The origin of racism within european football organized supporters.

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We all are more or less familiar with the misrepresentation of native American societies in Western culture - but how did native American groups represent (or misrepresent) one another?

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What was the perspective of the colonized peoples of Southeast Asia on the colonization process?

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How did "India" view the mainland British society during the time of British rule over India?

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Being born a slave and how to make sense of it.

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What about the Czechoslovakian point of view on the Munich agreement?

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In Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the male protagonist Don Alvaro is portrayed as the child of Spanish and Inca nobility. How did Spanish understand indigenous aristocracy, and how accurate was their understanding?

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In Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" the old countess interpolates part of an aria from Grétry's "Richard Cœur-de-Lion". Would a Russian audience have been familiar with the original work?

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A European peasant from around the year 1000, in an area with very low monetary circulation, finds a big shiny gold coin. What can tgey actually do with it?	157
How did deaf people react to the introduction of sound in motion pictures?	115
The origin of racism within european football organized supporters.	48
We all are more or less familiar with the misrepresentation of native American societies in Western culture - but how did native American groups represent (or misrepresent) one another?	35
What was the perspective of the colonized peoples of Southeast Asia on the colonization process?	29
How did "India" view the mainland British society during the time of British rule over India?	28
Being born a slave and how to make sense of it.	16
What about the Czechoslovakian point of view on the Munich agreement?	15
In Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino, the male protagonist Don Alvaro is portrayed as the child of Spanish and Inca nobility. How did Spanish understand indigenous aristocracy, and how accurate was their understanding?	15
In Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" the old countess interpolates part of an aria from Grétry's "Richard Cœur-de-Lion". Would a Russian audience have been familiar with the original work?	14