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To what extent was Catalonia a "successful anarchy-syndicst experiment" before it was repressed during the Spanish Civil War? I've heard this claim a lot from the anarchist left. Is there a definitive book on the period?

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Why was Stalin's power in the Bolshevik party apparatus able to beat Trotsky's power in the Red Army? Why did the latter not come to his aid?

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I often see the 16th-17th century decline of Muslim powers relative to Western Europe being attributed to the fact that they suffered from New World silver's inflationary pressures without benefiting from the initial ability to spend it. How accurate is this?

77 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I have heard that the British didn't fully "comprehend" America being independent until after the War of 1812. Is there any truth to the idea that they thought the colonies were either autonomous but not fully sovereign, or that the disunion was only temporary?

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The American Revolutionary Army was infamously undersupplied and underpaid. While it obviously would vary a great deal, in general how ideologically driven was the rank and file? If not, why would they fight? The patronage system of the late 18th century is the only other thing I can think of

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When did rural Northerners (in say Michigan or Wisconsin) whose ancestors fought in the union start to display confederate flags?

49 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I want to learn how England came to define itself as essentially Anglo-Saxon (as opposed to Celtic, Roman, or Norman)--what would be a good history of England's self-perceived origin?

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Italian Fascism was supposed to reconcile Businesses and Labor fairly in "Corporatism". Who ended up getting a better deal?

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What were the first five presidents like as presidents? I realized today that I don't know anything about US politics between 1790-1824. Are they considered by historians as "good" presidents besides being one of the few to establish a working presidential democracy?

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I'm a Westerner (American). Why does it feel like my intellectual/cultural heritage starts at two main sources: Pre-classical Jews and Greeks, and how far back does this go?

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To what extent was Catalonia a "successful anarchy-syndicst experiment" before it was repressed during the Spanish Civil War? I've heard this claim a lot from the anarchist left. Is there a definitive book on the period?	217	AskHistorians
Why was Stalin's power in the Bolshevik party apparatus able to beat Trotsky's power in the Red Army? Why did the latter not come to his aid?	179	AskHistorians
I often see the 16th-17th century decline of Muslim powers relative to Western Europe being attributed to the fact that they suffered from New World silver's inflationary pressures without benefiting from the initial ability to spend it. How accurate is this?	77	AskHistorians
I have heard that the British didn't fully "comprehend" America being independent until after the War of 1812. Is there any truth to the idea that they thought the colonies were either autonomous but not fully sovereign, or that the disunion was only temporary?	59	AskHistorians
The American Revolutionary Army was infamously undersupplied and underpaid. While it obviously would vary a great deal, in general how ideologically driven was the rank and file? If not, why would they fight? The patronage system of the late 18th century is the only other thing I can think of	54	AskHistorians
When did rural Northerners (in say Michigan or Wisconsin) whose ancestors fought in the union start to display confederate flags?	49	AskHistorians
I want to learn how England came to define itself as essentially Anglo-Saxon (as opposed to Celtic, Roman, or Norman)--what would be a good history of England's self-perceived origin?	47	AskHistorians
Italian Fascism was supposed to reconcile Businesses and Labor fairly in "Corporatism". Who ended up getting a better deal?	41	AskHistorians
What were the first five presidents like as presidents? I realized today that I don't know anything about US politics between 1790-1824. Are they considered by historians as "good" presidents besides being one of the few to establish a working presidential democracy?	40	AskHistorians
I'm a Westerner (American). Why does it feel like my intellectual/cultural heritage starts at two main sources: Pre-classical Jews and Greeks, and how far back does this go?	39	AskHistorians