What is considered popular history? What is not? Is popular history an adequate way to become knowledgeable about a certain subject? Where would one look to find greater information besides popular history?

There is always more to say, but this is a topic that has come up here on a couple of earlier occasions.

First, there's a Monday Methods post on the subject:

Second, u/Calorie_Man takes the lead in a further dicussion:

Finally, there's also a broader discussion of the same issue, featuring several interesting posts: