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With all the popular discussion in the USA about removing statues and how we teach history at the K-12 level, I have recommended Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen to many of my friends and family who haven't thought much about history. However, it was first published in 1995 and is getting a bit long in the tooth. Is there a more up to date book or journal article that explores how history is taught in k-12?
What are some good books on the German Revolution of 1918-1919? It's a very interesting period that seems so frenzied and it's hard to know what all was happening.
We know that the British secretly aided the Confederate States of America by selling arms, munitions, supplies, and even warships under the table;
Did any British political leaders express regret for not doing more for the CSA as the United States became an industrial powerhouse throughout the later half of the 19th century?
I am searching for notable women in the history of electrical engineering, specifically related to the fields of antennas, propagation, and/or electromagnetism. I would prefer that their main work be pre-1950s (but pre-1980's is ok if their work is connected to recent technologies like cell phones). I have been down many of the rabbit holes of Google/Wikipedia trying to locate someone besides Hedy LaMarr. The other few notable non-recent female electrical engineers such as Hertha Ayrton and Edith Clark are more along the lines of power, and not in the fields I'm looking for. At this point, I'm using the term "notable" very loosely. Basically, if a woman made some related contribution in these fields in the time period requested, I would love to know her name so I can do further research.
Are any of the US "Comstock Laws" still in effect?
I'm working on a fictional piece that includes Chinese characters and I'm stumped on something: was it only upper class people who had courtesy names? Or was it common practice for everyone to have one?
Given that the sale of indulgences is (presumably) banned, what are the differences between being a protestant and a Catholic in modern times? Are they merely meaningless labels and the two practices exist mainly due to one's historical ties?
I'm curious about Gustavus Adolphus as a military commander. Any good bios or other books would be much appreciated.
What are some good well researched books about Texas history and or the US Civil War. (I don’t want to read any racist or lost causer nonsense).
Who ended the famines that caused the French Revolution and when? Because they were still going on during Napoleon's time but my material glossed over when it ended.
Where can I go online or what books should I read if I want to learn about the lives of Late Dark Age/Early Mideaval (9th to 12th centuryish) European women and common people? Like around the time of the Battle of Hastings and the writing of Beowulf. I want to learn about things like linguistics and clothing and food that were not related to war or politics.
Before modern organisations such as the League of nations and United nations, when was the first time in history an international assembly was made?