I've just acquired an infinitely useful volume—the new 1-volume Modern Encyclopedia new issued by Grosset & Dunlap for $1.95. Revised to 1935, & full of recent items not to be found elsewhere. I really needed this badly—my latest other encyclopaedia being a 1914 one. I was sorely tempted in 1933, when the original $3.50 edition came out, but not I'm glad I waited. it chronicles some events as recent as last September. Fancy finding neutrons, N.R.A., Nazis, &c. in an encyclopaedia!

• H. P. Lovecraft to J. Vernon Shea, 13 Mar 1935, Letters to J. Vernon Shea &c. 264

Because everything was new once, and we sometimes forget how restricted access to information could be before the internet.

A-Level results day was yesterday, and my UCAS track confirms it – met the grades for my firm choice!

I am currently exploring the topic of the Industrial revolution and I've thoroughly explored British industrialisation by reading Jacob M. Price on the Imperial Economy from 1700 - 1776 and reading Robert C. Allen's essay on the 'Britishness' of the industrial revolution.

I can't seem to find much on American Industrialisation up to 1783. Anyone got any useful resources?

I have a Forbidden Question:

I'm interested by all the talk of unsustainable cost of living in cities like San Francisco, Vancouver, etc. People say thay they're being forced out, can't afford to raise families, that service industries can't find staff because people working those low-paying jobs can't afford to live close enough to work, etc.

My question is: has this happened before? What happens to cities like this, historically?

Hey, all! We've got a new AskHistorians Aloud podcast ep - these are shorts featuring one or a couple of answers being read. In this one, I'm reading an answer of mine on Victorian maternity corsets and attitudes toward the pregnant form.

Currently I’m really interested in 19th century Europe. Like it was really a dramatic period in European history which saw lots of changes. It’s really hard to believe that all thoese political movements ( nationalism, liberalism, imperialism, socialism ) and all those different kinds of artistic movements ( neo classicism, romanticism, realism, etc ) as well as the Industrial Revolution and several new discoveries ( which, consequently led to the issue of social discrimination and racism cough Social Darwinism ) could all happen in the span of 100 years

Also, my favorite historical figure from this time period has got to be Bismark. I know it’s kind of cliche since the due is already so famous, but boi can I resist those Prussian Virtues

I have a question I can’t seem to find a solid answer to. Did any Asian-American nurses serve in the European theatre of WW2?

What is the latest/closest (as in the most recent time-wise) that we can trace a member of the roman republics nobility to.

Or in other words how long can we trace someone let's say from the Cornelii family to before they all die out?

I have been looking for more podcasts to listen to. I've read the podcast recommendations threads, but they are all kind of old, and I'm hoping for some new recommendations. I liked History of Rome a lot, but got less interested in it during and after the Tetrarchy, and eventually stopped. I'm listening to the Age of Napoleon podcast and enjoying it a lot, but now I'm current and it updates slowly. Can anyone recommend a good podcast with a format of single-person lecturer? (I've found interview podcasts don't get as deep as I'd like.)

I am particularly interested in American political history and Europe from the Reformation forward, if that helps.

What happened to Truman in 1946?

I was looking at five thirty eight's comparison of Trump's approval ratings to past presidents and Truman was >80% at the start of his presidency and took a nosedive to 33% two years in.

Thanks!

Edit: nevermind, Wikipedia told me:

Conflict between management and labor presented one of the biggest challenges to the conversion of the economy to peacetime production. Organized labor had adhered to its pledge to refrain from striking during the war, but labor leaders were eager to share in the gains from a postwar economic resurgence. After several labor disputes broke out in September and October 1945, Truman convened a national conference between leaders of business and organized labor in November, at which he advocated collective bargaining in order to avoid labor-related economic disruptions. The conference failed to have a major impact; an unprecedented wave of major strikes affected the United States, and by February 1946 nearly 2 million workers were engaged in strikes or other labor disputes.

This is great! Always wanted to post but my questions were usually already answered or seemed lame! I love history and have started the past couple years by just getting a huge blueprint for world-history and then narrowing down on subjects or eras that were interesting to me. I am finishing my Bachelors, next week actually, and have always wanted to pursue history in a deeper capacity. But the more I read about the disagreements, politics, and just so much grey area that exists when people actually teach or study something like history it has turned me off to furthering my degree. Please feel free to disagree and tell me I am crazy, I would love to know anyones opinion about how tedious and biased graduate work with history could be, possible career paths. My question is a broad but basically narrows down to, what can I do with a passion for history that goes beyond personal study? Thanks for taking time to read this!!

Wow, very Enlightening. Thank you!

I posted this question few days ago but it sadly got removed as it violated the rules of the subreddit, so I hope it is allowed such questions here.

Were there any positive social or political results from the great terror in Soviet Union 1936-1938?

I was just reading a book by Timothy Snyder called "Black earth", that manages to show how a terrible event such as the holocaust actually benefited some groups of people in both social and political level. It made me wonder if there were any largely hidden or lesser known positive results from the soviet great terror for the soviet population or the soviet government?