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Why is everyone on Mad Men a republican? | [
"Who—other than Henry Francis—is ever identified as Republican or Democrat? From what do you get the impression that they all have \"similar political leanings?\" I guess we can make an assumption about Paul Kinsey, based on his travel as a Freedom Rider. But the politics of New Yorkers in the 1960s were not one-s... | [
"Aka how can I become a cult leader?"
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It is thought that as little as 1,000 breeding pairs of humans survived the Toba eruption about 70,000 years ago. Do we have any idea what part(s) of the world they survived in? | [
"There's always room for discussion, but perhaps this previous topic will answer your inquiry. * [How did the early humans deal eith the Toba super-eruption?](_URL_0_)"
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"Because they weren't present during the period where an ice-land bridge connected NA and Asia, so they never had the opportunity to cross over. The ancestor to the tigers in East Asia are from less than 10,000 years ago. The last ice age was about 11,700 years ago."
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I'm a high school history teacher looking to brush up on my Mayan History to help a student with an independent project. Good sources to start with? | [
"The man you want is Michael Coe. He is my favorite Maya expert and an accessible writer. Enjoy!"
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"I would really like to know a good book on the philosophy of history, or a place where I could learn more to contribute about the philosophy of history."
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In the PBS show Finding Your Roots, host Henry Louis Gates finds out that one of his ancestors was a white slaveowner who fell in love with his female slave. He freed her and they later moved to a town where biracial couples could live in peace. How common were these towns or communities? | [
"I know of at least one case. Zephaniah Kingsley ran the Kingsley plantation on Fort George Island north of Jacksonville, Fl. He married his slave, Anna Kingsley and had 9 children with her. Florida was owned by Spain at this time. After Florida changed hands to the US, he began campaigning for rights of free black... | [
"Most black people in America can trace their heritage back to slavery times, and most slaves were in the southern states working on large plantations. Even after slavery was abolished, racism was rampant and black communities rarely intermingled with their white counterparts, causing a retention of that southern ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How accurate is the sound of weapons and explosions in Band of Brothers? | [
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"Fighter jets are air breathing. There is no air in space. For the same reason, there's no sonic boom in space either."
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When did humans reach the part of Brazil Rio is in? | [
"In 1975, a joint French-Brazilian archaeological team discovered the Luzia Woman in Lagoa Santa, near Belo Horizonte. She was believed to be part of the first migratory wave to the area, and was an estimated 11,500 years old. Since then, more than forty other skeletons have been found in the area. I don't know of ... | [
"They weren't as far east as possible. Maine is much farther east. Maine is the closest US state to Africa. Florida was chosen because it is south and on the coast. The ESA launches from Guiana in South America near the equator."
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Tyre's Armoured Warships | [
"Sorry for the delay in seeing this! Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure what section of Arrian you refer to - I'd be more than happy to take a look at the Greek, but I'd need a place to look, first :) Would you be able to get me the section or a quote of the passage you refer to?"
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"The Art of War in the Western World - Archer Jones"
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How Did A Chain Prevent Naval Incursions? | [
"For the case of Constantinople, you may want to check out [this thread,](_URL_0_) with notable answers from /u/Gaimar. Of course, there is always more to say about chaining waterways, because it was done in other places (as you note), but it is one of the more famous ones."
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Out of all the countries that were part of the Axis powers in WW2, which one has rebounded the best? | [
"What do you mean by rebounded? Economically, culturally, population, military, world prestige? Greatest total recovery, fastest recovery, most sustained recovery, prewar or postwar baseline? You've got a great question. I think it just needs to be made a little more specific to get a solid response."
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"After WWII, Germany was completely destroyed and remade as the Allies saw fit, it was almost a completely different country than pre-war Germany. Plus, Germany was an essential ally during the Cold War, which made it easier to forgive them."
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[Europe] Medieval social contract between Lord and serfs | [
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"Spainish-spreading the glory of god British: [\"White Man's Burden\"](_URL_0_)- the civilized peoples of the world are responsible for bringing *civilization* to the rest of the world. Ottoman: They were the heir apparent to take on the Muslim cause in the longstanding Islam Vs. Christendom feud. Solidifying Ara... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Has any research probed masculinity and/or sexuality in American World War II propaganda posters? | [
"I can't give you a specific answer, but you might want to check out Allan Berube's *Coming out under Fire: the history of gay me and women in World War Two.* I just started it, after it had been on my \"why the hell have I not read this yet\" list for a while. I did a very cursory index check and didn't find anyth... | [
"Can anyone suggest respected works that deal, on a theoretical level, with the concept of elites? Specifically from the standpoint of history."
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What were some examples of Nixon confronting with Congress in the 1970's and how has that shaped legislative process today? | [
"Nixon impounded spending passed by Congress at a high rate, and Congress removed Presidential authority to do so: _URL_0_ Nixon was weakened by Watergate and was unable to stop this. Most Presidents since have asked to get the authority back, Congress has never agreed."
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Was it always normal for commoners to know what year it was? | [
"I suppose we are talking about Christian Europe during feudalism. Yes, the year would be mentioned several times a year in church. There was an importance given to dates, for example the year 1000 apocalypse that didn't happen was an interesting chapter in history. There were also other needs, for example foundin... | [
"Tradition, that's all. It's also a good way to annoy outsiders. They're legally the same thing as states."
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I found my grandfathers WW2 discharge papers. If I share certain sections can someone help me decipher what he went through? | [
"What part of the discharge papers do you have questions about? I may be able to help. Only share what you are comfortable with sharing. Shouldn't need to share his name and service number."
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"As for finding records of his service you would have to have one of his surviving kin, you as a grand child do not count, to request copies of his paper work. My mother got a copy of my grandfathers DD214 among other paperwork. _URL_0_ This is the link to how you start. Your best bet to following his steps would ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How much freedom of movement did people have in the British Empire? | [
"Legal restrictions on emigration into Britain only began in the 1960s as far as I know, due to a perceived huge influx into Britain from the 1950s, which would suggest there was widespread freedom of movement before then (obviously after final freedom of all slaves in 1833). The lack of money probably tied into th... | [
"A follow-up and related question: how about young people in other parts of the world in this time period? I.e. South Asia, China, West Africa, South America?"
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Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | September 26, 2016–October 02, 2016 | [
"* /u/iphikrates answered [\"I'm a greek hoplite at the battle of marathon who is not in the first couple rows of the phalanx. What are the odds that i see any combat?\"](_URL_2_) as well as [\"What was the relationship between the two royal dynasties of Sparta like?\"](_URL_1_) and [\"What did an ancient soldier i... | [
"It's a bit unclear what you're interested in. (Early US education? Mann? Cremin's perspective?) But here are some resources that may help: > Binder, Frederick M. The Age of the Common School: 1830-1865. New York: Wiley, 1974. > > Glenn, Jr., Charles Leslie. The Myth of the Common School. Amherst: University of M... | eli5_question_answer | {
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TIL of War Plan Red, a US contingency plan made in the 1930s where America would invade Canada in the event of war with the UK. How tense were relations between the US and the UK during the period that this was written? | [
"May I ask a question here? [Wikipedia: United States color-coded war plans](_URL_2_) asserts \"Many of the war plans were extremely unlikely given the state of international relations in the 1920s, and were entirely in keeping with the military planning of other nation-states. Often, junior military officers were ... | [
"1. It would have been a tough sell politically to suddenly attack a country that was your ally just a little while ago. 2. No casus belli. The Soviet Union didn't do anything that would provoke a war. Also, the post-war world was basically agreed to by all the parties involved at the Yalta as well as other confere... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What was life like aboard an English Man-of-War during the early 1800s (specifically during war against Napoleon and/or the War of 1812)? | [
"The questions you're asking could quite literally be a book (indeed, I would recommend to you N.A.M. Rodger's *The Wooden World*). However, not to leave you like that, I would invite you to take a look at some answers I've provided elsewhere on this sub: _URL_0_ _URL_7_ _URL_10_ _URL_9_ _URL_5_ _URL_6_ _URL_3_ _... | [
"In general, did the British see the War of 1812 as \"revenge\" for the American Revolution?"
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Dozens of utopian experiments took place in the United States in the early 1800s. What conditions led to such widespread experimentation? | [
"If I could tag along; which experiment do you (as a historian) find the most interesting?"
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"The major catalyst was the industrial revolution in the late 18th and early 19th century. Political stability and the ability to efficiently produce food were contributing causes to the industrial revolution happening."
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I'm the prince of a tiny immediate principality in the Holy Roman Empire in the 18th century. What are my foreign relations like (inside and outside HRE)? What am I trying to accomplish with them? What am I worried about? | [
"Clarifying question: are you a freecity like Nürnburg"
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"I'm not certain if this will meet your requirements, but how about the War of 1812? The US was obviously a democracy, while the UK was governed by Parliament. The reason I'm not certain if this will count is I'm unsure of the relative strength of the King, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons/ Still, might... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are our numbers for the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 all over the charts? | [
"You are asking why the wiki is bananas right. Answer: well, because it's the wiki. Everybody can write whatever he likes. And the Bengali genocide is one of those contentious issues: The PAK side [engages in genocide denial](_URL_0_) now and the Americans engaged in genocide denial while the genocide was being con... | [
"> Historians and witnesses have estimated that 250,000 to 300,000 people were killed. Do you know how many people were killed in the Holocaust?"
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Which single event killed the most people? | [
"[The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918. It killed 3-5% of the world's population.](_URL_0_) I would have gone with the Black Death, but a 14 year period is too long to be considered 1 event in my mind."
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"What do you mean by downfall? This is still a dominant part of current culture."
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A corker from my 7 year old. “Before the birth of Jesus, when nobody knew about Jesus, how did people know what year it was?” | [
"As always, there's a lot more that can be said on the topic, but we do have a [section in our FAQ](_URL_0_) devoted to different calendar systems. There's a lot of interesting tidbits which, after being distilled by you, would probably fascinate an inquisitive 7 year old."
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"Someone told them what the answer is supposed to be."
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In the movie "The Deer Hunter", three friends from the same town go to fight in Vietnam in what seems to be the same unit. How likely or possible was it for friends to go to the same place in war? | [
"I know of an specific instance. In WW1 the British, by direction of Lord Derby, set up \"Pals Battalions\", where men were able to join and serve alongside their friends, or neighbors, even guild members from certain occupations joined together. The first one was made up of Liverpudlians. The idea was a bit of a ... | [
"Also, would her military experience be any useful in finding a job? Did women serve in the British military during World War 1 and if so, did they go back into the workforce afterwards?"
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Question about World War One that seems to be hard to find and awnser | [
"I'll try to come back to offer a more thorough and non-literary answer to this later, but if you'd like something unusual and relatively short to read in the meantime, I'll note that H.G. Wells (of *The Time Machine* and *The War of the Worlds* fame) was dispatched to the Italian front in 1916 to observe and repor... | [
"You know, must ELI5 posts are really banal and easily searchable, but THIS questions is very interesting. I would like to know also."
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English Language Intelligibility over time | [
"/r/linguistics has some experts in historical linguistics that would be able to help you out."
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"1. Predicting the weather 2. Modelling nuclear explosions"
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Why are there so many places, usually on (caribbean) islands, that are named Georgetown? | [
"Between 1714 and 1901, Britain was ruled by the German-origin Hannoverian dynasty. The first four of monarchs of this dynasty, which ruled from 1714 to 1830, all took the name \"George\". So we have four kings called \"George\", ruling for more than a century which coincided with the rise of British colonial power... | [
"Does it matter if there is water instead of roads between a number of small towns? We have boats and bridges."
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Was the Marshall Plan due to American generosity? | [
"I don't think so. I think there were two major factors. The first was the need to stop the flow of communism by making the economies and general power structure of European countries stable. However, I think the second, and possibly more important, factor was that the Americans weren't being generous at all. They ... | [
"Could the rebuilding of Japan after WWII be considered a partial colonization by the United States?"
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How well received was the Marshall Plan by Americans when it was first introduced? | [
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What was life like in the Paris Commune of 1871? | [
"This film might help: _URL_1_ It's a historical drama about the Commune, based on some primary sources. It has very good reviews. It's not really professional research, but might offer interesting insight."
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"What drugs were popular in 19th century Britain?"
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I am a slave in South Carolina. It is the first day after slavery is outlawed by amendment to the Constitution. Where do I go? Do I have money? Is my owner mandated to provide any type of assistance? | [
"You may be interested in past posts on this topic: * [_How were the former slaves actually freed after the American Civil War? What was the process? Did many former slaveowners get killed by their former slaves, or did people mostly leave peacefully?_](_URL_0_) ^(26 Feb 2015 | 2 comments) ^(/u/Anoraklibrarian ta... | [
"Have you ever watched *12 Years a Slave*? If you were a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time (pre-1865 America), nothing at all was stopping you from being forced back into slavery. Even if the law supposedly protected you, there was no realistic way for you support your rights."
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I've become fascinated with how Britain and America went from rivalry in the late 1700's early 1800's to best buds from WWI on. What things , specifically, are responsible for their current excellent relationship? | [
"Not to discourage further answers but you may want to look here OP: [What caused the US and Britain to have such a close 'friendship' and when did it happen? (if you could say were close friends)](_URL_0_) [Can someone explain how the United States and Great Britain's diplomatic relationship transitioned from wors... | [
"I am not a historian by any means; I just wrote a paper on Anglophobia transitioning to Anglophilia in Hollywood for a class last year. One book you should check out is [Twisting the Lion's Tail by John Moser](_URL_0_). It covers Anglophobia between the two world wars. It's basically a pretty detailed account of A... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is it true that Australian professional rugby league players were exempted from conscription during World War 1? | [
"Of course Australian professional rugby players were exempt from conscription during World War 1. So was every other Australian. Despite two referendums (28Oct1916 and 20Dec1917) Australia never introduced conscription during WW1. Your old man was yanking your chain."
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"Also, would her military experience be any useful in finding a job? Did women serve in the British military during World War 1 and if so, did they go back into the workforce afterwards?"
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When did it become common to have a calendar in your house? | [
"It certainly was around in Rome, often for horoscopes and such. Allusions to them are recurrent throughout Roman literature, such as in the Cena Trimalchionis, by Petronius. > Fragment 30 (translated by JP Sullivan): > [In the house of Trimalchio on the walls there was a fixture which] displayed representations o... | [
"In the real world why would anyone want to be a politician?"
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Impact of map inaccuracies on early explorers? | [
"The epitome of cartographic error would have to be that of Columbus. Many people had a general idea the size of the world pole to pole, but Columbus became convinced that earth was very much oblong (with a \"nipple\" at the garden of eden). He believed that it was not nearly so far to sail around the earth and rea... | [
"There is a higher probability of beneficial mutation with sexual reproduction than with asexual reproduction."
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Has the price of piano stay the same over centuries in comparison to peoples income? | [
"To expand on chocolatepot's answer, pianos today are getting close to valueless (particularly used pianos). With the number of people learning to play piano steadily declining, and the increasing number of people living in smaller and smaller houses, seniors downsizing, and so on, pianos are being given away in No... | [
"Some of it is because your purchasing power is relative to the cost of living where you are."
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Is there any recorded reason as to how Anne Frank and her family were found out and captured? | [
"Short answer: no. The betrayer/s was never identified, nor his/her/their motives."
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"Many of them tried to and some succeeded. One problem was that it was the Great Depression and not many countries were eager to let in a huge influx of German Jews. Another is that Hitler conquered some of the countries which they fled to. Anne Frank's family were German Jews who fled to the Netherlands to escape ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Trouble finding a good way to identify armor! | [
"Yeah, [queef_eater](/u/queef_eater) has it. This is just a movie prop. I know what it's based on though. It's a reproduction of the [mirror half-armor of Alexei Mikhailovich](_URL_0_) from 1663, on display at the Kremlin Armory Museum. There you go, OP. You have a picture of a genuine movie prop on your hands."
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"This sub would be the best place to ask about historical currency!"
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What were property rights like before the US really expanded past the 13 colonies? Could I just pick a spot right outside the colonies and claim it for my own? | [
"All land west of the Proclamation Line of 1763 was directly claimed by the British Crown; only the Crown was allowed to purchase land from the Indians and only under certain circumstances. No private individuals could legally own land west of the Appalachian watershed. That said, the Line was temporary and was adj... | [
"All land (in the US) is owned by someone. Most of the undeveloped land like you described is owned by the government. Interestingly most of this land the government will sell you for dirt cheap. So you could purchase it and live off the grid, but that is a very hard way to live."
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Monday Methods: How to Read an Academic Book | [
"Excellent summary! One of things I learned in a previous century was to look at the whole book at the outset - not from the beginning to the end in lineal fashion, but from the edges in: I always wanted to understand the overall structure of the book. Are there appendices (these can sometimes yield insights), and ... | [
"Next Week's Theme: 'Royalty, Nobility, and the Exercise of Power' To be followed by: \"Eastern Europe\""
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Did they teach evolution in American schools during the 1940s? | [
"Textbooks seem to have been available for that purpose. _URL_1_ (blog post from independent scholar indicating three to six 1930's era--post Scopes--textbooks available that taught fundamental evolutionary concepts well, though may have used synonyms for most contentious terms). Google scholar is productive if you... | [
"What drugs were popular in 19th century Britain?"
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Old Russia: Can anyone recommend reading on Stepan Razin/Kondraty Bulavin? | [
"If you haven't read yet - check out one of the earliest sources - [Schurzfleisch, Konrad Samuel; Martius, Johann Justus - \"Stephanus Razin, Donicus Cosacus, perduellis\", 1689](_URL_0_) Main problem - not much is known for sure about Sten'ka. He grew up in aftermath of interregnum [Smutnoye Vremya](_URL_2_) (usu... | [
"No cities nearby? The map's interactive, just zoom in. You find the cities of Sergut, Nizhnevartosk, Raduhzny, Noyabrsk, Kogalym, etc, etc all underneath."
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Is a photo of a primary source a primary source itself? | [
"I would argue that it is a copy of a primary source. As long as you quote the original article in your paper there shouldn't be a problem. If anyone would read your paper, he or she could read directly in the newspaper if you quoted it right. It gets interesting if the original source somehow would be completly lo... | [
"What are some of the primary sources that you have found? This sounds interesting. Would you recommend any books for a fun read?"
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How did they pump water out of mine shafts in the high middle ages? | [
"During the high middle ages, the piston pump and the (human or animal powered) treadmill were introduced. These allowed medieval miners to mine deeper and keep the mines (reasonably) dry. Roman mines were re-opened and new mines, especially in northern Europe became more productive and able to produce longer since... | [
"In a related question, what are the odds of surviving being stabbed in the belly and falling into the river which runs through a major city in the same time period?"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"This is just a quick announcement that the responsibility for this thread and for the regular Monday Mysteries feature will be passing over to someone else starting next week. I have to take a leave of absence from /r/AskHistorians to finish slaying the dragon that is the doctoral thesis. Many of you in this threa... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Might some UK person be able to give some insight on what the differences are between the REF and the old RAE? Other than cosmetic differences like what X number of stars means, and the change in the abbreviation, that is. Information available online is largely filled with the usual government jargon and meaningl... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I've been trying to think of how to frame this because I am kind of curious what the answers will be, so I'll just do this in the simplest way: A lot of social theory that forms the bedrock of a lot of historiography, stuff like Marx, Weber, Durkheim and the like, developed in a very specific set of historical cir... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Well, Zotero has done it to me again, the second time in about a month: it has apparently not saved at least a day's worth of work, and perhaps more. It's sad to say, but my trust in the program has been shattered. It's updated, I sync it regularly, and I cannot find anything on the support forums that's like my p... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"One thing I've wondered, generally the term \"Tribe\" has gone out of parlance in African history. The connotations of primitiveness and the fact that it simply isn't useful for describing the complex polities of pre-colonial Africa means it isn't of much use. Is this the same in pre-colonial American history, pre... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Not sure if this fits, but what are the benefits of teaching history to young children? It's not like the information is applicable for them in the future (at least in the way that math/science/writing skills are). So why is history such an early part of our learning? I hope this doesn't come off negatively; I lo... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"What's going on here, lads? I look forward to this thread every week. Do we not have anything to talk about? How 'bout that thread yesterday about Western v. non-Western historians? Fun times! Hooray mod team, I hope you were all stocked up on malt liquor! Or how about writing methods? Does anyone else feel like ... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I had asked this earlier in the week without much success, so I might as well try again here. What are your thoughts on the works of Ryszard Kapuściński? I happened to pick up a second-hand copy of his *The Shadow of the Sun* the other day, which is an account of his experience covering certain de-/post-colonizati... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Writing history is really hard. I'm trying to write this chapter in which I have a certain analytic \"core,\" a focal point of my sources, a particular theoretical and methodological frame, and the conclusions that I've gotten from those two things. And yet, for some reason, when I sat down to write this chapter, ... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Way too quiet in here! Everyone seems to be watching the World Cup... A technical question: How does everyone search for book reviews? Is jstor's search usually comprehensive enough when it comes to history/humanities journals?"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Amateur here. When and how did archaeology shift from \"loot everything and get it to the British Museum\" to \"let's be really careful and make a grid first\"? One more, if I may: Is it anachronistic thinking to hate on Heinrich Schliemann? E: or Herodotus for that matter."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Still no comments? I guess I'll try my luck again with an earlier, unanswered question of mine: I have read the term \"post-Saidian era\" or something along these lines a few times now. Unfortunately, none of the authors cared to expand on it. I'm familiar with Said's work and I'm guessing that post-Saidian histor... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Quick question about History in Academia, I apologize if this isn't the correct thread. I've been reading the newest updated edition of The Pinochet Files, which looks at declassified national security documents between Kissinger, Nixon, and the Chilean regime. The consensus reached by both the author and the cont... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Well, I guess I am curious if anyone else has delved into world system analysis.. I just read Wallerstein's introduction, not a huge fan."
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"I know there's some stuff in the book rec links, but I'd like to once again see what people are suggesting for reading in the general historiography arena."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"This will be my second attempt applying for a PhD in History. While I am aware of the competitive nature of the application process, last year's zilch-score was definitely demoralizing. My Masters thesis supervisor as well as my other teachers have encouraged me to reapply. How relevant are *current* references f... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I'd like to open up a question to any slavery historians out there. My girlfriend (who's taking an economic history class) showed me a paper (which is apparently just an excerpt of the book Time on the Cross) that talked all about how slaves weren't really treated *that badly*, including some statistics on how th... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"[This story](_URL_0_) is currently making some waves here in Canada; even though it's not about a History department, there's much within it that I think you'll find familiar. It raises so many questions, though; if the thesis supervisor evidently believed the student was simply incapable of handling the material ... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I posted this a bit back, and would still like discussion on the questions I posed within. It pertains to Philosophy of History. _URL_0_"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Happy Christmas, lads. It's wonderful to be on break, so I guess it's time to get some writing done. Also, they've got me teaching Western Civ part I next semester, so I've got a lot to learn about the ancient world. Any book recommendations? I'm happy to check out anything that you guys think is interesting sinc... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Currently in Korea on a Fulbright grant. I'm going to be assisting in some research on Korean Bronze Age artifacts. I've never done any kind of archaeology stuff before so this is going to be interesting. Is there anything I should know about academic archaeology?? I'd love to hear from some experts around here.... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I think shaft tombs in West Mexico were purposely dug deep to reach the water table and fill with water. This was an attempt at making an artificial watery cave that other Meso people associate with the underworld. Too bad so many of them have been looted and so few excavated."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Which historian do you think has the best explanation for the Fall of the Roman Empire? Did it collapse due to external pressures from the waves of barbarian migrations caused by the conquests of the Huns, as Peter Heather argues? Or, as Guy Halsall argues, was it actually power struggles within the Empire, and th... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"For those working in academia who are also mother-hennish like me, the [American Freshmen Survey for 2014 is out](_URL_0_) with some interesting data. The still-dropping rate of exposure to alcohol before college is particularly interesting, in light of 2014's many well-publicized alcohol-caused deaths in freshmen... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Do you think that it is really evident how fashions arise and die in academia? And do you think that such questions damage fund allocation, topic selections and analysis outcomes in a very detrimental way? E.g. I noticed how in my field every research and conference that was \"hot\" became in recent years mostly a... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Hmm. In the course of making [this post last week,](_URL_0_) I got IP-blocked from an essential online database and my library got threatened with having access cut off to the entire university. I've now had access restored following the explanation that I sent them. But folks, be careful out there before using da... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"1. In the last 48 hours I've received the proofs for my latest article and also news that a conference I attended last summer will be developed into not one but two volumes in Palgrave Macmillan's *Languages at War* series. It's a good thing I enjoy writing, because it seems like I'll never get to do anything else... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Some historians believe that their job is to be an impartial and objective narrator of the past, minimizing the impact of their personal biases- the 'modernist' position. Some believe that such objectivity is undesirable or impossible, and are deeply skeptical of any attempt to strive for it- the 'postmodernist' p... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I've been recently engaging with the popular notion that \"environmentalism\" as a political or social movement only emerged in North America following the publication of Rachael Carson's *Silent Spring* in 1962. In contrast to this idea, authors such as Jefferson Cowie and Andrew Hurley have recently written on t... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"How do you scrutinize and adopt memoirs and personal reflections on historical events in your studies? Tameichi Hara published an account of his time as a captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy's destroyer forces (aptly named *Japanese Destroyer Captain*) that is widely praised as one of the few surviving accounts... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I got my degree in studying US-Cuba diplomatic relations while in Cuba, but I read a few volumes of Wallerstein's World System-Theory in the process, especially those pertaining to the early modern period. I'm curious: Among specialists in early modern Europe, how seriously are Wallerstein's theories taken?"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I've no idea if this is the correct place for this or not, however, I have recently completed (well, very nearly completed) my dissertation. It's on a topic that hasn't been studied in detail before, exploring the social impact of industrialisation in 19th century Coalbrookdale, UK. Colabrookdale is known for bein... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Kind of a scathing review of [\"The History Manifesto\"](_URL_0_) on HNN. I hadn't realized that much of the supposed crisis that the authors were alleging existed might not even be true. I thought the reviewer's concluding note, that we should just be happy that controversy was created, was a bit silly. (What con... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"WELL I'LL START. Anyone have any smart thoughts on doing history stuff on Twitter or other social media platforms? I have the somewhat dubious task of starting a social media presence from scratch at my new archives job. AGAIN, because I have started archives/library social media campaigns from scratch twice befo... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Did anyone else see the [New Yorker article on humanities dissertations as tweets](_URL_0_)? I found mine: > After a given date, a new technology meant that all of culture was somehow different. I'm also partial to > This is why we can't have nice things."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Can we talk about how to respond to conspiracy theorists who start asking about chemtrails in class? I had a student ask about this in the middle of lecture, and although I could attack the idea of it from the ground up, I was totally unprepared, and probably came off as a bit of a nut--or at least someone who ha... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Writing history is really hard, because interrelated developments don't happen in a nice, linear, easily-explained fashion. In other news, I'm seriously reconsidering the order of the chapters in my dissertation."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Can I ask about the current trajectory of environmental history? For my part, I tend to identify a couple dominant strands: 1) the materialist history of humanity's relationship with the environment, i.e. Alfred Crosby and 2) the intellectual/cultural history of humanity's conception of the environment, i.e. \"Th... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Here is a question I have asked a few times: What name do you use for places? I've become somewhat increasingly suspicious that naming conventions are often ways to erase the heritage of certain populations: we often talk about \"Bronze Age France\" and \"Iron Age Britain\", but also \"neolithic Mesopotamia\" and ... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I'm in the midst of writing an article about the problems of \"myth\" as a concept in First World War studies, and it's remarkable how accommodating the publication record has been on this. There's nothing like finding two books published at roughly the same time that each make earnest arguments against \"the Myth... | [
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"Fall term is starting, which means LONG staff meetings to discuss assessments. Send help."
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"Does this count as historiography? When revisionist views on a historical subject become accepted in the mainstream, does it end up being called the orthodox view, or is it still called revisionist?"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I find it odd that the only structural commonality between history, archaeology, and anthropology in undergrad is that they are 'humanities'. Credits from an anthropology course, for example, would not contribute to a honors history degree. That's how it was at my Canadian university, at least. It would be nice t... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"**Defining \"modernity\":** What do fellow academic historians use for defining this concept? For writing? For teaching undergraduates? How is it bandied about in graduate/professional contexts? Do you define it using a text (Raymond Williams' Keywords, for example)? Using explication (\"modernity, by which I mean... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"What is the effect of philosophy of history on the practice of history? I have taught philosophy of history to history undergraduates and it's great fun but really is it pertinent for an historian? I ask because in philosophy, any ideas like progress and the like are important. Even if they don't matter, the perce... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I'm in the process of trying to slightly alter what my thesis is going to be focusing on, and by that I mean making it more narrow and direct. A byproduct of that is I now am able to incorporate some theory into my work, namely relating to Soviet nationality policy. As I loathe theory, both reading and utilising i... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I'm curious to hear about the latest broad theories of the philosophy of history. I know that the old \"Big Man\" theory of history has been mostly replaced by the \"Trends and Forces\" theory, but how do these theories interplay in contemporary theories of history? Are there any interesting papers I should read a... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"I'm working on myth and group identity formation in the ancient world, and find myself incorporating a number of anthropological perspectives. Anderson's Imagined Communities seems like a great work to include, but he only really looks at post-printing press states. Could anyone point me in the direction of more r... | [
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Is it just me or have recent times seen a revival/reformulation of the totalitarianism thesis as in the comparisons between Nazi Germany and Stalinism. With Snyder _URL_0_. I feel like this has gained a lot mor traction recently. Am I wrong here or is that something others have noticed too?"
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Since it is Thanksgiving I doubt many will see/answer this, but here goes. I just got a collection of essays by Barbara Tuchman, called Practicing History, detailing her methodology and philosophy of history. I'm curious if anyone else has read it and has any thoughts on her approach."
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Theory Thursday | Academic/Professional History Free-for-All | [
"Seriously, what century is *not* considered \"long\"? Do we have any periods of historical development that are couched entirely within the bonds of a century (but bigger than decade, I suppose) and thus get to be a \"short\" century? Long eleventh, long twelfth, long thirteenth, I even took a *class* called Engli... | [
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"Does anybody's work deal with institutional anthropology or sociology? I'm discovering (via Isabel Hull's fantastic book on the German Army, *Absolute Destruction*) that it might be a very promising avenue to take my research on the Austro-Hungarian Army. Anyone do anything with it in their personal work?"
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"Could someone please explain the utility of \"modernity\" as an explanation in historiography? What it does--or more to the point, *doesn't* include, as it's pretty easy to find descriptions of what it is--but more importantly, how it is *useful* to explain things. I come across references to things as a \"respons... | [
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"I thought I'd re-ask a question from earlier about the \"Lost Cause\" mythology of the Civil War. I was wondering to what extent historians were responsible for its success, and (if so) what historians do nowadays to avoid contributing to such myths?"
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"Can anyone explain exactly current scholarship's problems (methodological, philological, etc.) with John Boswell's studies of medieval homosexuality? I'll preface this by saying I'm definitely biased - I read *Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe* about a year ago and thought it was really amazing - but while I kno... | [
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"Here is a question for those who study the history of ideas. Where and when does Liberalism begin? I was taught history at a Marxist university (University of Havana). The basic idea of their explanation was that John Locke was the precursor of liberalism, Adam Smith was best of the first liberalism (which was fo... | [
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