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Why has Western culture come up with museums and the study of ethnography, while other cultures have simply lived alongside ancient artefacts and buildings for thousands of years?

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Do you believe, as a historian, that the insight you gained from your study of history has particularly influenced your political views? If so, how?

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How has the thought of French philosopher Michael Foucault influenced the field of historiography, especially in relation to research around sex?

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In some European countries, like Denmark, surgical operations for sex change were practiced much earlier than in the US. Yet gay liberation movement wouldn’t be born until after Stonewall. Why were they so progressive w/ respect to gender reassignment surgery?

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Was there ever a major event that indicated China’s departure from former communist economic policies in favour of market capitalism?

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What stopped the plague from killing the entire human population during the Middle Ages?

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When and how did LGBT politics first start gaining importance in the Democratic Party?

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Even after the process of decolonisation, countries like France and the Netherlands still rule over overseas territories, like in the Antilles. Why didn't these lands become indipendent?

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From 1969, early movements for gay and lesbian liberation were markedly militant, and the establishment of representative politics was not keen on embracing their stances. What are the major historical events that lead the US Democratic Party to endorse queer liberation as one of its leading causes?

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Why has Western culture come up with museums and the study of ethnography, while other cultures have simply lived alongside ancient artefacts and buildings for thousands of years?	2948	AskHistorians
Do you believe, as a historian, that the insight you gained from your study of history has particularly influenced your political views? If so, how?	23	AskHistorians
How has the thought of French philosopher Michael Foucault influenced the field of historiography, especially in relation to research around sex?	14	AskHistorians
In some European countries, like Denmark, surgical operations for sex change were practiced much earlier than in the US. Yet gay liberation movement wouldn’t be born until after Stonewall. Why were they so progressive w/ respect to gender reassignment surgery?	9	AskHistorians
Was there ever a major event that indicated China’s departure from former communist economic policies in favour of market capitalism?	7	AskHistorians
What stopped the plague from killing the entire human population during the Middle Ages?	4	AskHistorians
When and how did LGBT politics first start gaining importance in the Democratic Party?	1	AskHistorians
Even after the process of decolonisation, countries like France and the Netherlands still rule over overseas territories, like in the Antilles. Why didn't these lands become indipendent?	1	AskHistorians
From 1969, early movements for gay and lesbian liberation were markedly militant, and the establishment of representative politics was not keen on embracing their stances. What are the major historical events that lead the US Democratic Party to endorse queer liberation as one of its leading causes?	1	AskHistorians