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How is the discipline of History differentiated from other disciplines in social sciences or the humanities?

asked May 29, 2013 at 3:03

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2 answers

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What do historians do when there are no sources?

asked May 29, 2013 at 2:55

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1 answer

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What was the Nove / Millar debate, how is it important to the historiography of the Soviet Union?

asked Oct 16, 2014 at 20:47

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3 answers

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What is the difference between a professional historian and an amateur?

asked May 29, 2013 at 3:00

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Why did The Crown give assent to Apartheid legislation during the 1950s?

asked May 12, 2015 at 4:43

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When did Australia declare war on Germany in WWII

asked Jan 27, 2014 at 21:25

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How can scholarly non-historians locate and properly use scholarly histories?

asked Jun 11, 2014 at 22:56

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What is the meaning of "£10 per cent" in the early 19th century in relation to a wage (30/- fortnight)

asked Oct 22, 2013 at 0:55

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What are legitimate methods and sources?

asked May 29, 2013 at 2:58

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Why was Charles I not pressed by peine forte et dure to force him to plead to treason in front of the High Court?

asked Dec 18, 2018 at 1:11

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How is history studied? [closed]

asked May 29, 2013 at 3:05

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What property relations existed between peasants and those who took from peasants in early Ottoman rule in Anatolia?

asked Sep 7, 2014 at 22:56

7 votes

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What major approaches to "class" as a theoretical category do historians commonly use?

asked Feb 24, 2014 at 0:02

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Why did meat and dairy drop out of the working people in Britain's diet during the industrial enclosures period?

asked Sep 29, 2014 at 0:36

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What social relationships existed between the popular mobility and the political elites in the revolutionary American colonies?

asked Sep 16, 2018 at 1:07

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What scholarly positions exist evaluating Thatcher's competence and the desirability of her government's policies? [closed]

asked Apr 8, 2013 at 22:53

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What is the nature of questions that can be answered by historical sources and methods?

asked May 29, 2013 at 2:51

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Why were the continuity states of Imperial and Royal Austria-Hungary disunited, while the continuity states of Imperial Russia were united?

asked Oct 27, 2018 at 0:15

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What limits historiographically valid hermeneutics of exegesis in relation to theories of action or agents?

asked Nov 2, 2018 at 11:22

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When did the accusations of convict stain against white Australians stop being culturally significant?

asked Oct 20, 2018 at 4:36

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In what ways were the creators of the USA's system of government inspired by Roman government?

asked Sep 29, 2015 at 9:43

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How does history as a scholarly discipline or disciplinary practice justify its existence as a social practice?

asked Dec 5, 2019 at 0:00

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How did Americans adopt processed and off-site butchered meat for domestic consumption in their food supply?

asked Sep 29, 2014 at 0:40

3 votes

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What were the cultures of peasants in China during the Hundred Schools period (600-221BCE)?

asked Nov 1, 2014 at 0:13

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Does non-post-modern historiography posit objective grand narratives?

asked Sep 9, 2014 at 0:56

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Did the Sturmabteilung uniform look ridiculous in terms of German fashion in the 1920s?

asked Jan 7, 2021 at 0:20

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Why don’t historians tolerate eisegesis, when they continuously engage in it?

asked Nov 3, 2018 at 2:03

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WWI: British blockade of Germany (and neutrals)

asked Nov 18, 2018 at 1:04

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For the French Army under Jean Martinet (d1672) how and why were cavalry used instead of infantry?

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29 Questions

How is the discipline of History differentiated from other disciplines in social sciences or the humanities?

What do historians do when there are no sources?

What was the Nove / Millar debate, how is it important to the historiography of the Soviet Union?

What is the difference between a professional historian and an amateur?

Why did The Crown give assent to Apartheid legislation during the 1950s?

When did Australia declare war on Germany in WWII

How can scholarly non-historians locate and properly use scholarly histories?

What is the meaning of "£10 per cent" in the early 19th century in relation to a wage (30/- fortnight)

What are legitimate methods and sources?

Why was Charles I not pressed by peine forte et dure to force him to plead to treason in front of the High Court?

How is history studied? [closed]

What property relations existed between peasants and those who took from peasants in early Ottoman rule in Anatolia?

What major approaches to "class" as a theoretical category do historians commonly use?

Why did meat and dairy drop out of the working people in Britain's diet during the industrial enclosures period?

What social relationships existed between the popular mobility and the political elites in the revolutionary American colonies?

What scholarly positions exist evaluating Thatcher's competence and the desirability of her government's policies? [closed]

What is the nature of questions that can be answered by historical sources and methods?

Why were the continuity states of Imperial and Royal Austria-Hungary disunited, while the continuity states of Imperial Russia were united?

What limits historiographically valid hermeneutics of exegesis in relation to theories of action or agents?

When did the accusations of convict stain against white Australians stop being culturally significant?

In what ways were the creators of the USA's system of government inspired by Roman government?

How does history as a scholarly discipline or disciplinary practice justify its existence as a social practice?

How did Americans adopt processed and off-site butchered meat for domestic consumption in their food supply?

What were the cultures of peasants in China during the Hundred Schools period (600-221BCE)?

Does non-post-modern historiography posit objective grand narratives?

Did the Sturmabteilung uniform look ridiculous in terms of German fashion in the 1920s?

Why don’t historians tolerate eisegesis, when they continuously engage in it?

WWI: British blockade of Germany (and neutrals)

For the French Army under Jean Martinet (d1672) how and why were cavalry used instead of infantry?