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Prior to the rise of multinational corporations, what was the primary "boogeyman" of the political left?

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I'm a young, unmarried woman of the middle class in 1890's New York City. What does my daily life consist of?

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Why was the grizzly bear, an animal almost universally detested by explorers and settlers in the West, chosen as the mascot of the state of California?

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How long has anti-Americanism been a cultural phenomenon in Europe?

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In the mid 19th Century, the U.S. Army fought a war specifically to free a minority race from oppression, then almost immediately turned around and fought a series of wars specifically to oppress another minority race. How did soldiers and officers (and the citizenry) reconcile this?

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How did non-Middle/Near-Eastern Muslim countries react to the founding of the state of Israel?

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Why did men's athletic shorts go from very short through much of the 20th Century to knee-length or lower around the early-1990's?

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When and why did salt and black pepper become de rigueur complimentary condiments for all restaurants (and most homes)?

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When did it cease being cool to be rich, and start being cool to be poor (or "street") in Western culture?

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Today in the West, we often mark generational shifts by decade: Our concept of "the '70's" is materially different from "the '80's" in myriad aesthetic and cultural ways. How far back in history has this been common?

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Prior to the rise of multinational corporations, what was the primary "boogeyman" of the political left?	0
I'm a young, unmarried woman of the middle class in 1890's New York City. What does my daily life consist of?	0
Why was the grizzly bear, an animal almost universally detested by explorers and settlers in the West, chosen as the mascot of the state of California?	0
How long has anti-Americanism been a cultural phenomenon in Europe?	0
In the mid 19th Century, the U.S. Army fought a war specifically to free a minority race from oppression, then almost immediately turned around and fought a series of wars specifically to oppress another minority race. How did soldiers and officers (and the citizenry) reconcile this?	0
How did non-Middle/Near-Eastern Muslim countries react to the founding of the state of Israel?	0
Why did men's athletic shorts go from very short through much of the 20th Century to knee-length or lower around the early-1990's?	0
When and why did salt and black pepper become de rigueur complimentary condiments for all restaurants (and most homes)?	0
When did it cease being cool to be rich, and start being cool to be poor (or "street") in Western culture?	0
Today in the West, we often mark generational shifts by decade: Our concept of "the '70's" is materially different from "the '80's" in myriad aesthetic and cultural ways. How far back in history has this been common?	0