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Hello! I'm having trouble finding sources and information for a project. I am trying to research how social movements have been studied by historians over time. Any suggestions for how I can search for that???

For those who don't know, the Mary Celeste was a ship found adrift in the atlantic ocean, totally deserted, but in totally seaworthy conditions and with the crew's belongings perfectly intact. The crew was never seen or heard from again.

As a kid, I read that the case was a total mystery, but I'm having a hard time believing that in retrospect. What are some modern theories as to what could have happened? Also, how common were "ghost" ships like the mary celeste?

He basically argued, that we mostly see the images and film reels of mass gatherings and Nazi parades in these documentaries without getting the context that these were all produced to create the image of "Ein Volk, ein Führer" - But it wasn't really that way in daily life.

I guess the answer to that would also touch the presentation of both World Wars in such documentaries.

In World War 1 almost all machine guns I know of were watercooled, and to my knowledge a lot of world war 2 machine guns had interchangeable barrels.
I have never seen a modern watercooled gun, and to my limited knowledge, most machine today doesn't depend on interchangeable barrels.

I've spoken to quite a few of my American friends who are making plans to go to Washington to protest President-elect Trump's inauguration ceremony and I was wondering if there are any previous historical examples of mass-protests and civil disobedience on a president's inauguration day?

I'm looking to read more about Native American culture especially about rituals, mythology and daily life.

As it becomes clear how much the US is culturally divided between the rural and urban populations, I wonder if this dynamic was at play in pre-Nazi Germany? Thanks!

For example: I know some people that are practically begging for the EC to vote against Trump and instead vote for Hillary Clinton. Has such an event ever occurred before, or would it be completely and totally unprecedented?

With the recent U.S. election allowing recreational marijuana in 4 more states, what is the history of the legality of it. I know the U.S. made it illegal in the early 20th century.

Edit: Also, how common was it historically?

By non-combat, I mean injuries that must have been inevitable and serious but didn't involve getting shot or wounded by artillery, etc... I'm thinking of serious injuries like ACL Tears, Achilles injuries, or other tendon injuries where the soldier would be unable to fight but not wounded on the outside.

We're soldiers with these injuries treated like those wounded in battle? They must have occurred, but I've never heard of such an injury earning someone a purple heart, for example.

When i was in school in germany i was taught he laid the foundation for our modern flight-technology. Now i came to understand for example american schools value the Wright brothers far higher. How true is this? How important was he really?

Because I was asking a different question and mentioned on the side that I didn't think he was a historical person and my post got deleted by a moderator for "soap boxing". That surprised me because I did not think that was contraversial. How do historians view the question of his historicity?

Hello, while studying for a midterm I had a "shower thought". This may be completely wrong but I was hoping to get some clarification. During the United States Civil War, between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, wasn't the latter technically it's own nation since it seceded? And if so is the Civil War really just a war, and not a war between one nation. Or is it because the both parties were "... Of America"? This may be a really stupid and trivial question but I'm just procrastinating.

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In other words, in the 30ies when Hitler was rising, was he the bad person we percieve him today, or did he turn into that as he was in power (podsibly because of the power)? I know in hindsight he is often portraied as a psychopath and made to look psychopathic all his life. The background of my question is: many recent political figures are compared to hitler every now and then (in russia, europe and the US). i wonder if hitler knew he was hitler?

I know the Pre-Chrisitan Romans have a less than sterling record when it came to tolerance of Judean people in their native province, but from what I understand Jewish Romans before and after the diaspora were not explicitly mistreated if they caused no unrest. Did the treatment of Jews worsen with the adoption of Christianity?