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How do historians of relatively modern eras sift through the ever-increasing glut of available primary sources? How has (or will) the Internet and its massive data archives changed the academic study of history?

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I know that actresses became acceptable in Britain in the mid/late 1600s, but when did it become unusual for a man to play a female role onstage?

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When (and how) did we first indicate movement in diagrams/schema? How about Fine Art?

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How did we survive hot, desert climates before modern technology? Could anyone point me toward some old desert survival guides?

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How do historians of relatively modern eras sift through the ever-increasing glut of available primary sources? How has (or will) the Internet and its massive data archives changed the academic study of history?	14
I know that actresses became acceptable in Britain in the mid/late 1600s, but when did it become unusual for a man to play a female role onstage?	5
When (and how) did we first indicate movement in diagrams/schema? How about Fine Art?	3
How did we survive hot, desert climates before modern technology? Could anyone point me toward some old desert survival guides?	1