Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
/u/cenodoxus answering about North Korea and Taxes.
/u/Itsalrightwithme answering Why was Spain not able to keep up with the superpowers in Europe during the 19th century?. /u/newspire did too, concentrting on the Carlists and other domestic unrest.
/u/Fucho on the Death of Yugoslavia.
/u/thefourthmaninaboat talks about the British Coastguard and the situation for Japan vis-a-vis Australia in late 1941-early 1942.
/u/i_mack on pre-Marx leftist thinkers.
/u/EwanEd wrote about the immigrant experience in Liberia.
/u/kieslowskifan wrote on INTERPOL's Nazi period.
/u/anthropology_nerd explained a bit about American Indian diplomatic relations.
/u/textandtrowel wrote about post-Roman slavery in Europe.
/u/sowser explained a bit of the relationship between Brazil and the Confederacy
/u/400-rabbits gave us a pretty in-depth reading list on the Mesoamerica.
/u/sid_burn answered the question "How was Sexuality & Gender perceived in Germany between 1920 - 1989? How did these perceptions change after world war two?".
I was very interested in /u/Aerandir's comments about working on an archaeological dig of a Viking chief's residence in Denmark. In particular, I liked learning that metal detecting is illegal in Sweden and the reason why a metal detector probably isn't as helpful as you would expect at an archaeological site.
I also really liked /u/freedmenspatrol's answer to the question When California was admitted to the union in 1850 were there debates about the month travel time to DC and the lack of a transcontinental telegraph?
/u/Celebreth provided an excellent overview of the experience of those recruited into the Roman army of the Principate [in his responses here] (http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/363rhp/i_have_just_joined_the_roman_army_what_is_my_life/). As always, a lively and highly informative answer!
Really appreciate this, makes all of the effort you guys put into posts much more noticeable. In particular, /u/anthropology_nerd 's post on American Indian diplomacy is one that really challenged my perceptions of things and is a real highlight for me.
I know this is a bit late but I enjoyed /u/Sid_Burn's responses to my question: How was Sexuality & Gender perceived in Germany between 1920 - 1989?.
I found it rather surprising how "frigid" the nazi's were compared to their antecedents & descendants in Weimar & Cold-War Germany.