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Where did all the people who populated small, now dying or non-existent, towns originally come from? Did people talk about their emigration the way we talk about small towns drying up today?
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In the novel "To Live", Nationalist Chinese soldiers are surrounded by Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War. Although they have plenty of rice, they start to starve due to a lack of firewood, and some soldiers resort to digging up wooden coffins for fuel. Is this based on reality?
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What books should I read if I want to learn more about the non-drug side of the history covered in Narcos and Narcos: Mexico?
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How common were fashion trends before 1950? Have we always had a shifting sense of what is fashionable or is it something born out consumerism in the 1950s America to convince people to buy more?
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What was the economic impact of their colonial empires on Spain and Portugal during the XVIth Century?
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What would be some examples of, or where could I find a comprehensive list or source of, orders a captain could give to crew aboard a large vessel during the age of sail, along with their meanings? A 'How to be a ship captain' guide perhaps?
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