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How have historians interpreted the Indian Rebellion of 1857?
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How did the phone company discover phone phreaking?
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What was life like for journalists during the Great Depression?
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How well do these fourteen defining characteristics of fascism lists hold up, historically?
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How did the conversion from Norse pagan religion to Christianity work? Do we have any personal accounts?
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To what degree was the Meiji Emperor personally involved in the modernization associated with his name?
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What was the Countess of Blessington's "famous and scandalous ménage" all about?
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What are the major trends in the historiography of the Italian-American Mafia?
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How quickly did the railroad and telegraph networks spread to Transylvania?
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What can you tell me about Japanese soldiers fighting from up in trees during WWII?
in Japan
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What kind of reception do Adolph Reed's ideas about white supremacy get in the academy?
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What did the People's Temple think of women's rights and homosexuality?
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What can you tell me about the prosecutions resulting from British recruitment of troops for the Crimean War within the United States?
in United States
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Bleeding Kansas: Can anybody tell me about the founding of the Kansas Legion/Kansas Regulators?
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