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During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?

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What is the origin of the idea of "going native", and has it ever notably happened?

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Why have certain ethnic terms taken on pejorative connotations over time when their initial use seems not to have had any?

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Did disco really "die" on the night of July 12, 1979? If so, was this something unprecedented? Details inside...

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Some alt-right/far-right/white-nationalist types now seem to be using the word "globalist" as a dog-whistle shorthand for "Jewish" - what are the origins of this?

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The opening of the Battle of the Somme happened 99 years ago today. It's thought of as a disaster for the British, but how does it endure in French and German popular memory?

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[CW] You must describe a major historical event in the form of a standard clickbait-style title.

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Is the popular comic-book/sci-fi trope of a "super-soldier program" based on any real events, or is it a product of total invention?

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How did young people in the Roman Empire enter the work force? Were "part-time" jobs available? What did they do to earn money and gain experience, if these things were even necessary?

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More people of Japanese descent live in Brazil than anywhere else outside of Japan itself. What did the Japanese at home historically think of those who "went to Brazil"?

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During the heyday of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's career, what was the popular reaction to him bearing the name of a Shawnee war-chief who spent years fighting and killing Americans?	47	AskHistorians
What is the origin of the idea of "going native", and has it ever notably happened?	46	AskHistorians
Why have certain ethnic terms taken on pejorative connotations over time when their initial use seems not to have had any?	46	AskHistorians
Did disco really "die" on the night of July 12, 1979? If so, was this something unprecedented? Details inside...	45	AskHistorians
Some alt-right/far-right/white-nationalist types now seem to be using the word "globalist" as a dog-whistle shorthand for "Jewish" - what are the origins of this?	43	AskHistorians
The opening of the Battle of the Somme happened 99 years ago today. It's thought of as a disaster for the British, but how does it endure in French and German popular memory?	42	AskHistorians
[CW] You must describe a major historical event in the form of a standard clickbait-style title.	40	WritingPrompts
Is the popular comic-book/sci-fi trope of a "super-soldier program" based on any real events, or is it a product of total invention?	37	AskHistorians
How did young people in the Roman Empire enter the work force? Were "part-time" jobs available? What did they do to earn money and gain experience, if these things were even necessary?	34	AskHistorians
More people of Japanese descent live in Brazil than anywhere else outside of Japan itself. What did the Japanese at home historically think of those who "went to Brazil"?	32	AskHistorians