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Why was The Duke of Wellington given the title of "Prins van Waterloo" by the Dutch, rather than, say, "Duke"? Is there any significance to this royal title?	7
According to Piketty's "Capital" and the Planet Money podcast on the Luddites, the working class of England largely did not see their wage/living standard improve for the first two generations (roughly 1800-70) of industrialization, with all the gain going to the upper classes. How accurate is this?	5
What is the gold standard book for the economics of slavery, especially New World post-1700?	5
How is the Black Book of Communism viewed by historians? My (Russian communist) grandfather recommended it to me, and I am wondering if it is an accurate view of the subject matter. If it is too inaccurate, what would be a better book on the subject?	4
Did the 1848 pro-Democracy revolutionaries of Europe cite the United States in their pamphlets/literature/speeches? How heavily?	4
How did the formal quarantine develop? When did it become effective? How did germ theory's development change its effectiveness?	3
A recent CMV post claims "at no point in Nazi Germany were the actions they took that exterminated Jews illegal." Is this true? What was the relationship between the Nazi party/regime and laws? How much did they work outside the official system versus change it for their agenda?	3
1815-1914: Why did the UK, France, and Germany industrialize faster than Austria-Hungary, Spain, and Italy? Were there any broad trends about what made a European state more of a peripheral rather than a central driver of economic growth?	3
What is a good book on the Quebecois "Quiet Revolution" (the almost overnight secularization and liberalization of Quebec) for an American Anglophone? I know only the bare outline of Quebec's fascinating history and would love to learn more	3
I am reading Eric Hobsbawm's "The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848 right now". I just realized it is over five decades old. How has the historiography evolved since then? What are some newer books/reviews/articles that would be worth looking into?	2

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