I'm looking into Indigenous history, and I'm wondering if there is one particular collection on the various tribal histories. I know these are immense and varied, but I'm wondering if in Australian Indigenous Studies there is a text (or set of texts) that are held above others.
Not doing an assignment/research, just curious about looking into this topic, and wondering if anyone here happens to be an expert and could lead me in the right direction (or at least a good starting point)
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I am watching a documentary about D-Day and it only touched briefly on German E-boats. Were they as feared as U-boats? What did the Allies do to counter an attack from E-boats?
Is there any further reading I can do about these boats? I found a few on Amazon, but would like suggestions if possible.
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Let me explain , there are a ton of bad books that get popular (grand stragety of the roman empire,guns germs and steel) , way to dated history books(decline and fall of the roman empire by edward gibbon), and books that some how got published by a academic press (The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times).
By compiling them here we can inform people what books not to cite on here and quickly refer to links when asked questions about such books.
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I know that Chlorine gas was used in World War 1, first by the Germans. And it eventually became common practice by both sides in the Western Front. So why didn't the Nazi's use more advanced chemical warfare in World War 2? With the other atrocities happening on the Eastern Front it seems strange to me that the Nazi's would have found their heart, only in this one aspect of war.
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I read this, but was unsure of its reliability as a source: http://mollylarkin.com/the-history-u-s-constitution-we-werent-taught-school/
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In particular I am interested in the Blackfoot and Cherokee tribes (their similarities and differences). Were they singular tribes or conglomerations of separate tribes (were they always in the same place together?) How did they interact with other tribes? How complex was their warring? Did they specialize as much as Europeans (barrel makers, soap maker, cobbler, tailor, etc). How were they hierarchically structured, how was this structure determined, what was the place of shamans in this structure? They engage in philosophy(science)? How big would a "group" be? How complex was their governing system (policing, legislation, foreign affairs)? How much did the arrival of Europeans change this both from the stand point of new technologies (guns, horses) and the stand point of the massive deaths from disease and genocide?
And also, what do we know about their reaction to meeting Europeans (both Vikings and Russians temporarily, and then the Europeans that ended up invading. Were any of their opinions recorded? Did they think this would be good or bad for them? How did it affect their religious beliefs?
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I'm curious to know if there is any historical context for the following anecdote, or on the other hand, if it is just something Napoleon probably could have said but has no actual source.
A French general is entrusted by Napoleon to defend a length of the border with a force of a certain size. The general is showing off his efforts to Napoleon: by dispersing his troops, he is able to cover the entire length of the border (or at least the area he is responsible for).
Napoleon replies, "That's nice. And what do you expect to accomplish with this - preventing smuggling!?"
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So basically how did the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany build all the infrastructure with literally no finances to do it with? Was it just all slave labour?
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Why was the Rosetta Stone necessary for the translation of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics - that is, why was reading it not passed down - as it was with many other languages (or at least, the language evolved but translations were available)? Also, if the Egyptians were not "wiped out", why do hieroglyphs not feature in modern Egyptian? Sorry if I'm not well informed on these topics, my expertise is something else.
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It has been quite a while since I last went to the archives, but working on a new project now, I am curious about your routines. I used to go with a digital camera where it was allowed, sometimes later merging pics into pdf.
Now I am thinking about buying either a tablet or a new phone with a decent camera to be able to merge pics into pdfs directly while in the archives to label them correctly. What are your experiences? What kind of hard- and software do you normally use? Any experiences with good OCR programs?
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Perhaps just ignorance on my part, but it seems there are no sub-Saharan cultures which regularly rode horses. Surely the Arab traders they would have been in contact with would have been able to sell them, and the Savannah's of Africa seem like the perfect place for mounted hunters and warriors. Why not?
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Many movies and shows about ancient Rome show the lorica segmentata in some way (even when it's way out of period). I'm curious as to why it became somewhat of the default image of the Roman military when people talk about it and if it was so great, why did it end up falling by the wayside for other kinds of armor?
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As we know the NHS was founded in 1948 and provides 'free at the point of care' healthcare to the whole population of the UK. As an English person who works for the NHS I'm very proud of the system we have, but I don't know all that much about what things were like before the NHS. How did payment work? Insurance or just bills? Who owned the hospitals? Could families afford it? How about the poor? Thanks in advance!
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Welcome to another Evening edition of Monday Methods.
I want to thank /u/lngwstksgk for suggesting today's topic, and referring me to this thread.
I recognize that terms like 'subaltern' and 'hegemonic discourse' can be opaque to many who are reading this. I hope that the following quote and questions can give an accessible sense of what is being asked here.
In "Choosing Marinality as a Site of Resistance" Bell Hooks bell hooks described the dynamic between the Western Academic and the non-Western Subaltern thusly:
[There is] no need to hear your voice, when I can talk about you better than you can speak about yourself. No need to hear your voice. Only tell me about your pain. I want to know your story. And then I will tell it back to you in a new way. Tell it back to you in such a way that it has become mine, my own. Re-writing you, I write myself anew. I am still author, authority. I am still [the] colonizer, the speaking subject, and you are now at the center of my talk.
Is this a fair accusation? In writing the story of the Subaltern^1, does the Academic take away the subject's voice and replace it with the voice of the Academic?
Is Joanne Sharp correct in saying that Western intellectuals relegate non-western ways of knowing as unscientific or folklore or superstition or traditional; and to be heard in the Academic community, subaltern people or groups must express themselves in Western ways of reasoning and language. Thus, in changing the "language of knowing" the Subaltern can no longer accurately express their traditions of knowing?
1- a broad, simple definition of Subaltern could be "persons or groups in society that are written about by others, but whose first-hand accounts do not exist". Most definitions of the Subaltern assume them to be at the margins of Western society. Historically, medieval serfs, Afro-American slaves, and women could be considered a few examples of subaltern groups, among others.
Next week's theme is Handling manuscripts and other primary documents.
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If a peasant wanted to take a bath in a hipbath, how did the fill up the bath? Did they make repeated trips to a well/river using a bucket to bring back water? Then how did they heat the bath? Thanks for any help!
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After doing some preliminary research on Egyptian sphinxes, I've noticed that there are many oddities with the heads. I found this old topic, where the original poster was encouraged to resubmit his question.
I'm fairly new to Egyptology, but here are the few oddities that immediately jumped out at me.
The Sphinx of Hetepheres II clearly has something wrong with the positioning and quality of the head as compared to the rest of the body. The head protrudes directly from the chest, and is there is a sharp jagged edge between where the neck meets the human head/face.
The Great Sphinx of Giza also has a head that's very poorly proportioned as well. The head appears to belong to a creature of at most half the size of the body. Moreover, the head, which has must have been exposed to the elements more so than the buried body, retains a much higher level of detail. The lines are still visible in the headdress, whereas the body is virtually entirely degraded, even though it was buried.
I'm surprised that most of the propositions that sphinxes originally had different heads are disregarded as fringe theories, can anybody elaborate?
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I can go to any library and find oodles of accounts and in-depth works on the Western Front, the Italian Front, and the Gallipoli Campaign, but rather little on the Eastern Front. Are there any good sources for this period of the First World War?
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