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If you pick up any popular text of Greek mythology, you get the sense that there is one unified mythology. However, looking deeper, it seems to be more heterogenous. Why do popular texts do this?

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How and why did attitudes towards Mexican immigration change from the early 20th century to the late 20th century?

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How did small paper umbrellas become associated with certain cocktails (e.g. Sex on the Beach)?

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What can AskHistorians tell me about British Israelism and how it became Christian Identity in the 1920s? Additionally, what is the background for the former group, and are there distinctive American elements in CI?

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How did the (often mass) consumption of low-quality beer become associated with college, and specifically Greek life, culture?

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How did rouge become acceptable in the fashion and beauty world?

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Were Mormons practicing polygamy in the 1920s?

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Would it be correct to consider escaped American slaves residing in the North (and Canada) as refugees?

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It's generally understood that Héloïse and Abelard had a significant relationship. How much did Héloïse influence Abelard's later writings, and vice versa?

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Large numbers of black people moved northward in what is known as the Great Migration. How did this affect the demographics of cities and towns?

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If you pick up any popular text of Greek mythology, you get the sense that there is one unified mythology. However, looking deeper, it seems to be more heterogenous. Why do popular texts do this?	14	AskHistorians
How and why did attitudes towards Mexican immigration change from the early 20th century to the late 20th century?	13	AskHistorians
How did small paper umbrellas become associated with certain cocktails (e.g. Sex on the Beach)?	11	AskHistorians
What can AskHistorians tell me about British Israelism and how it became Christian Identity in the 1920s? Additionally, what is the background for the former group, and are there distinctive American elements in CI?	10	AskHistorians
How did the (often mass) consumption of low-quality beer become associated with college, and specifically Greek life, culture?	10	AskHistorians
How did rouge become acceptable in the fashion and beauty world?	9	AskHistorians
Were Mormons practicing polygamy in the 1920s?	9	AskHistorians
Would it be correct to consider escaped American slaves residing in the North (and Canada) as refugees?	8	AskHistorians
It's generally understood that Héloïse and Abelard had a significant relationship. How much did Héloïse influence Abelard's later writings, and vice versa?	8	AskHistorians
Large numbers of black people moved northward in what is known as the Great Migration. How did this affect the demographics of cities and towns?	8	AskHistorians