Im working on a project for School, but i have always been interested in this myself. It is called the counter culture and was against the norms of society at the time, however were the hippies ever beaten back or had laws put in place to control them? Im having trouble looking it up and if someone who knows about this (or lived through it) could give me a little help on what happened or how to phrase it to reasearch i would be very appeciative.

I'm currently reading La constéllation du lynx by Louis Hamelin. It's a work of historical fiction that centers around the events of the October Crisis, but I don't feel like I have the proper historical context to fully appreciate what's going on. Despite growing up in Quebec I'm not nearly as knowledgeable as I should be about Canadian history.

Could anyone suggest a good place to start learning about the post-WWII Quebec independence movement? I'm particularly interested in its more radical elements. Un texte en français serait préférable.

Admittedly this is my perception of the zeitgeist, but I often feel that Napoleon is either portrayed as incompetent or a harsh dictator and butcher. Despite his flaws (becoming gradually egotistical, misogyny, and run up to the Continental System) he was wildly different from the rulers of the time. Even enlightened and painfully self-aware as a few of his letters / quotes suggest:

"There is no such thing as an absolute despotism; it is only relative. A man cannot wholly free himself from obligation to his fellows. A sultan who cut off heads from caprice, would quickly lose his own in the same way. Excesses tend to check themselves by reason of their own violence. What the ocean gains in one place it loses in another."

"All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity."

" I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances."

"Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever."

Beyond the remarkable grasp of human nature and self-awareness these direct quotes suggest. Napoleon was a patron of several scientists, mathematicians, and artists directly and helped to create the system of grandes écoles to systematically foster research and education. Laplace was apparently a close friend and he studied his work on probability on his voyages. He instituted the first civil code in history which, "forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified." He made sweeping reforms in legal arbitration and even implemented specific measures like the metric system to push towards standardisation. He also embarked upon several public works and created progress for the people, which is why he could depose Louis XVIII in a bloodless coup.

He is such a compelling, powerful figure with a story that has a very deep resonance across the ages despite his flaws... Why is it then that for most people (and I admit this is subjective) when they first hear about him the words butcher or waterloo or incompetence come to mind?

Edit: A quick meta note. This question is not about whether he is considered to be positive or negative. It's about the dynamics behind a lot of very vehement negativity that surrounds him... (or vice versa) I'm interested in the historical roots of how these memes began and why they exist even today.

There Are only few sources I could read about Dutch Harbor.

I realized that the IRA shifted and molded throughout time but at the height of its power, how many people were in and/or supported the IRA in Ireland. I can't find any hard figures.

1. Was Santa Anna a particularly oppressive leader?

2. What events caused Texas to declare independence from Mexico?

3. Were there many in Texas who remained loyal to Mexico? (Like the Tories in the American Revolution)

If they didn't what other parties were prominent in the South other than Democrats?

In the game World of Warships, players angle their armor towards incoming shells to increase protection due to sloping. Yet this obviously contradicts the actual tactic of bringing all guns to bear on the enemy, exposing the side. Was a form of angling towards enemy shells ever considered a valid tactic during this time period? Would this have increased warship protection, and was it ever considered practical? If not, why?

I'm doing an essay on how the Nazis aren't the all-powerful extremely advanced regime popular culture often shows them as, and while I know tech-wise they weren't as far ahead as many think, what was research and technology advancement like in Nazi Germany, and how did it compare to the Allies?

Hello fellow redditors! I was just wondering what were the main factors towards the victory of the Red's against the Whites in the civil war.

Apparently Pythagoras forbid his followers from eating or even touching legumes. There is also the story about Pythagoras being murdered because he refused to escape through a bean field. What did he have against legumes?

He created puppet states of Rhine confederation and sort of united Kingdom of Italy, was it a factor in birth of Italian/German national identities or nationalism and if so how big of a factor was it?

I was under the impression that Jerusalem existed before the Jewish people arrives there. Is this accurate or was it founded by the Jewish people?

The STG-44 was the first true assault rifle, did it lead to any German victories in the war or was its utility overstated?

I read somewhere cough an askreddit thread cough that Shakespeare infamous story may just be satire of other teenage drama love stories at the time.

Can anyone confirm/disconfirm?

Edit: Thanks for all the answers so far!

Historically, how accurate is The Massacre of the Innocents?