Just watched the movie 12 years a slave and I found it very eye-opening when I saw the protagonist run into a group of aboriginals. I always thought of the racial issues among black and aboriginals as separate issues and never fully grasped the fact that these two racial issues were/are occurring simultaneously.

Import Substitution being the policy of limiting imports of foreign goods in order to develop the domestic capacity enough to satisfy an internal market.

I can't imagine high party officials traveling in the same train cars with the proletariat. But the irony of "first class," "second class," etc. in what was ostensibly a "worker's paradise" is just too rich.

Let's say third rates, roughly 80 guns. What I am referring to is an exchange of round-shot fire between the two ships' gun decks, at medium range, directly into each others' side hulls. I am NOT referring to raking fire from aft to forward or vice-versa, nor am I referring to shot into the rigging, the crew, etc. I am interested to know how much actual damage would be done by such an exchange, and how many of the cannonballs would simply bounce off harmlessly, or nearly so. Do we have a historical example(s) to look to for evidence of such an exchange, despite it being against most doctrine?

Again, imagine medium range, so no carronades, mortars or the like, and imagine the two ships are essentially equivalent in armament, construction, and design.

With stories about how close the US and USSR came to launching ICBMs due to incorrect intelligence and warning system data, I wonder how close we have come to a MAD scenario.

I'm not just looking for cold war answers, though I'm sure the bulk will be, but anytime any country legitimately had their thumb on "the button."

*I know it's not a button.

I've always been taught that many German citizens were unaware of what was going on while the concentration camps were in use, but I am curious as to what their reactions were AFTER the camps were liberated. Surely they were faced to deal with the reality when the emaciated survivors left the camps. I guess my question is what was this like, and did the survivors actually make their way back to their original homes or did they go elsewhere?

I'm fairly sure most people died of illness or "old age" but do we know if any specific illnesses killed more than others? Was it mostly infections that did people in or were factors such as heart disease also of significance? If infections were the main culprits, do we know if they were respiratory or circulatory?

Also, were plagues common and widespread enough to be a significantly common cause of death (with the exception of the Black Death?

If they lost a leg or an arm, what would happen to them? Assuming they survived the injury, what would they do when they returned home? Would they get money from the king honoring their service? Or were they left to fend for themselves? What jobs could they do?

What war was it first used to reference? Does the term mean the same thing now that it did when it was first coined?

I was wondering if anyone could point me to some sources on human naming traditions during the late Bronze Age. Was there much information on what common people would tend to be named as opposed to their gods or monarchs? And just to make it even more specialized, are there records on the naming of women during this time? Any sources regarding the prominent civilizations during the time would be welcome. Thank you!

For example: Stew, meat pies. Etc

At the time, the US was not heavily involved in old world European politics, and had little to gain militarily from joining a side in the war. In addition, it was an exceptionally sanguinary conflict when the US entered late, and there was no particular reason, moral, political or otherwise, why the US would join one side versus the other. So why did the US enter WWI?

I've been looking for a job recently, and yesterday it dawned on me how specific the process seems to be. Look for a job, turn in a resume and application, have an interview, cross your fingers. But it couldn't have always been that way.

I assume that manual labor jobs, like farming, probably hired whoever could do the work. But when did jobs like grocers and bankers start asking for applications? Was there any historical precedent for an application or resume?

I was asking myself of the noble families of the early nineteen hundreds didn't smoke a lot, because of the lack of smoking in serie as Downton Abbey or that it is just that smoking on the television isn't cool anymore.

I am doing some dissertation work, and I need to look into Hungarian history briefly and find how there past events affect there identity today. If anyone can give me brief understanding of the major points in the Magyar/Hungarian history or if anyone knows a good documentary or book would be god.

I'm doing a paper on the Sewage systems of Great Britain, Mexico, and the USA. Currently I am stuck as I can't find any information pertaining to Mexico's history of sewage. I know that England would throw it's waste in the streets but what did Mexico do?

I'm looking for some good, detailed, historical books on both the political and military aspects of the Revolution. Also, any book recommendations on the French & Indian War would be appreciated. Thanks!