This question does not violate the 20 years rule because George Herbert Walker Bush was president between 1989 and 1993 :)

I was just wondering what it's like for a country to lose such a devastating war. Was there an economic backlash, or a struggle for people to find a partner with so many men gone?

Accurate or not, the perception most have about immigration to the United States before the middle of the 20th century was that people just showed up at Ellis Island (or another port of entry), they were asked some basic questions by an immigration officer, and they were allowed into the country. This doesn't mean that these immigrants immediately became citizens, obviously, but the doors to the country were evidently quite wide open at one point. Is this accurate? If so, what signaled the change to a more restrictive policy, and what drove that change?

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Like it says on the tin, and especially in the 1970s.

I'm thinking in regards to music that would be the equivalent of today's EDM or club hits that would make people get on the floor an shake their rump.

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I am looking for the test about permitting prostitution under the ottoman empire in the 18 century , Is anybody able to help me ? many thanks in advance

I've seen mixed answers everywhere on this and I'd like to get it cleared up. I consulted the FAQs but they're mostly holocaust related and my question is about civilians outside of the labor/extermination camps.

I've heard that, mostly, the Wehrmacht high command was against most crimes and even punished soldiers harshly for committing it. If some comparisons could be made with frontline SS divisions it'd be appreciated.

I'm thinking of work like that of Carol Christ on a goddess religion in "Old Europe" predating the arrival of Indo-European languages and cult practices. What is the opinion of historians of religion on this claim?

Roman historians write that when Hanibal's troops were victorious on the battlefield against the Romans, they looted their dead adversaries' chain mail.

Were these troops unarmored because they were mercenaries and Habibal didn't spend money to equip them, or did they already have the linothorax armor which had been used by Greek and Carthaginian troops for centuries and chose the chain mail instead?

Was it due to the change of theater? Was the hot African sun better suited to linen-based armor than metal armor? Did it only become bearable when Hanibal's troops got to Italy and it was cooler?

Does chain mail offer dramatically better protection than Linothorax? What would the weight difference have been like?

I'm currently watching the documentary series South Pacific, which states that the indigenous people are descendants of the Philippines, their ancestors would have undertaken long dangerous journeys in canoes. How did they have access to fresh water to survive?

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Hello and welcome to our 4th of July edition of Monday Methods. Today's topic is the first of a two-parter, as suggested by /u/Caffarelli and /u/Sunagainstgold/.

As historians, the books and journal articles that we read and write are generally in the realm of non-fiction. However, academic writing can often make for very dense or dry reading. People who are non-experts in a particular historical topic may prefer a book that reads more like a novel.

How can readers use historical fiction gain an understanding of the past?

How can we determine what works are of high quality, and which are not?

Can we determine what elements of the story extrapolated and which were drawn from deep research? Will a good author tell us this information in the foreword preface? Will they include a bibliography?

Next week: Part 2- Writing Historical Fiction

Another month down, so time to recognize some of the best answers of the past month! Vote for your favorite(s), and submit any that were overlooked!

And as a reminder since I often get asked this, if you want to nominate answers for this, the best way is to participate in the Sunday Digest threads! That is where we draw most nominations from!

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Furthermore, the label also mentions starting in 1400AD from a family recipe. Is that in any way verifiable?

What is the oldest brand we have today, and does it in any way resemble itself at its conception?