From what I can find, Oxford University Press's American history series just recently added the first volume by Peter Mancall, titled American Origins. Its publication date was October of this year, but I can't find any place online selling it. Is this typical for academic histories, to appear later than their publication date? I'd love to read this book, so if anyone has any idea when one could expect it to be available, I'd really appreciate it.

I've been trying to find any sort of question asked on this already but Google and Reddit kept confusing the words I use. Was there any reactions from anyone in Imperial Japan regarding American internment camps for its own citizens of Japanese ancestry? Did Imperial Japan 'care' or not?

Technically even today, conservative/far right Japanese people don't even consider full-blooded Japanese people to be 'real Japanese' simply because they were raised in say, America or Brazil. So I'd imagine Imperial Japan didn't really have a high opinion on the Japanese diaspora.

But I wonder for propaganda value did they even pretend to care about it or not?

I've recently learnt that Mussolini was captured and kicked into a bloody mess by the people of Italy along with his mistress. Then they were strung up and humiliated even further.

From my understanding I assume that it was due to the economy? I'm not too sure. But what I am sure of is that from my knowledge the Germans loved hitler during the same period due to him fixing the economy by creating many jobs for the average man compared to the Weimar Republic and that the people at the time deeply admired him for his speeches and what he stood for.

But of course I'm not a historian so I'm not sure if this is true or not but would love to know.

So I know that in the east/Middle East, Rome continued for another 1000 years correct? Which is now called the Byzantine Empire and well I’ve already read Treadgold’s book on that empire’s history which I found fascinating.

However it kept me wondering what was going on in the western half after the sack of Rome. I mean there’s bits and pieces mentioned in Treadgold’s book, mostly mentioning the Holy Church. And I know Justinian at one point conquered those lands again, if only briefly.

But I’d like to know what happened in detail. I would assume that is where Europe as we know it began to form no? As in, instead of it being entirely under Roman rule, this is the era where countries like France, Italy, Britain, Switzerland, Prussia, etc began to establish themselves as their own countries and all that. Correct me if I’m wrong again I have not looked into it and I want to learn cause I’m sure it’s a fascinating era.

Thanks in advance!

hi! i’m doing a project on radium girls and was just wondering if the people who had the watches painted with radium were ever affected by the radium? i couldn’t find anything on google.

I'm curious to know as to which type of warfare was more brutal, pre-modern warfare fought with catapults, sieges and in close combat with melee weapons or modern warfare fought with artillery and the use of weapons like grenades and military vehicles (like tanks and planes)?

My understanding is that the length and format of the modern music album was heavily influenced by technical limitations that came with mass production of vinyl records.

Before this, would listeners have set expectations for the format of music? For instance, would a church goer or monastery guest know roughly what to expect from a Gregorian chant structure, or would a fair attendee roughly know how long a hurdy gurdy song should last? And if so, would artists use these pre-existing experiences to subvert audience expectations? Or was music broadly less structured (a la American Old Time music, which loops A and B parts until the group is ready to move on)?

I know my question likely varies by time period and place, but I’m happy to hear any answer in any specialty!

I've seen videos about Chinese history but I'm looking for something like Toldinstone. Delving more into the culture, economics and political structure, day in the life stuff.

Looking for unusual, interesting characters and story's from your town that's been on the news.

Example "William Lyttle" A man nicknamed "Mole man of hackney" A man who dug tunnels under his house for 40 years without the council knowing

In 1402, timur invaded the Ottoman empire, captured the Sultan, occupied Ankara, and pushed all the way to the Aegean coast.

He then withdrew to go invade China. Why would he withdraw?

He had defeated the Ottoman armies, and 4 of the sultan's sons were fighting over the crown. If he wanted to, he could easily have gained control over a large part of the marmara Sea, and could have besieged cobstantinople, likely taking the city. One of the reasons he invaded was to gain control of territory that he (as a decendant of the mongols) claimed was rightfully his.

So why did Timur suddenly withdraw after pillaging for a bit?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ankara

Any data? Or educated guesses?

If this person has been asked on r/askhistorians before, feel free to link the answers.

I’m referring to this video made by Ollie Bye: https://youtu.be/-6Wu0Q7x5D0?si=b04s25QT9EqXqcP-

I ask because Leningrad is considered the longest at around 900 days, but the Serbian siege of Sarajevo lasted ~1,400 days.

When we learn about history, the focus is often on kings, queens, aristocrats, and people in capital cities. But what about the lives of ordinary local people?

I mean, did they even know which kingdom or ruler they were under? Did they understand why they paid taxes or what those taxes were for? Did they know why they were taken from home one day and dragged into wars?

In Europe, it might have been easier to know these because states were smaller, but what about vast empires like the Ottoman Empire or medieval China? Did the average person in rural areas know much about their king, their country, idealogies of their rulers or the larger political structure they were part of? How much did they know about their country?

Were the regular medieval people aware of where they were living and what is happening in those lands?

I want to clarify that even if they did, in the countries where they committed very large scale atrocities in, like Namibia or the Congo, I would never argue that it outweighs the bad done in those countries.

You always hear about the Russians, Americans, British, Japanese, Germans, and Italians, but I never hear or see anyone really talking about the Canadians in WW2

To clarify when I say local I am strictly talking about the local governments/people OF those regions

Ive heard diffrent accounts of what he did. I heard that he had a mental breakdown and left moscow. When The rest of the USSR leadership came to get him he though that they where there to arrest him for failing his duties but they have actually come to ask him to return to moscow. I also heard that story was a myth. So which is true?

Any good recommendations for media/literature that breaks down the history of our nation’s ages? (i.e. gilded, progressive)

Was Victoria the first queen regnant that succeeded to the throne following her contemporary laws of succession? My point is Mary I/Elizabeth I got to the throne by right of conquest, it can be said the same about Mary II and Anne. I don’t count Mathilda nor Jane.

It won’t allow me to attach the picture here but I got this bandanna. I got it a hippie commune and it had a picture of an eagle/Shiba or Buddha. I’m not sure, but if anybody that knows about that kind of stuff that can help please message me.

These were, after all, World Wars for a reason. During World War II at least, most of South America stayed neutral and took no part. So did Spain, however, Spain still suffered because of fascists Hitler supported.

Also, the greatest economic powers in the world (USA, British Empire, France, China and Russia) all took part in both of these wars - most of the neutral countries in both World Wars were economically and socially less advanced, and thus dependent on trade with these larger superpowers. I imagine economic crash and destruction after both WWs must have left an impact even on the neutral parties.

Like, obviously, I realize a Quechua native living in Bolivia during 1930s and 1940s was spared the absolute worst a Serb in Croatia or a Chinese in Manchuria was forced to live through (if they would at all). But I cannot see how a Quechua native wouldn’t have his life change in any possible way because of the War.

This is, of course, just a hypothetical example I made. But did neutral countries (not just in South America) suffer despite their neutrality?

Thank you in advance!

Not a heavy hitting question here, but a bit of a mystery. I have ornaments handmade by my German grandmother with ‘1887’ written on them. Googling this leads to a bunch of other ornaments with the same mark, but no explanation of the origins. My grandmother is unfortunately not around for me to ask her. Any ideas? A lot of them seem to be Germanic in origin but that’s all I’ve got.

I know they would have male slaves in the house and such but I assume it would be the slave of the family or a male. But could a female actually own a male slave for themselves as like a bodyguard or even just to bang. I know noble women would pay to sleep with Gladators but I assume that was behind closed doors.

I’m writing a story and I thought it would be interesting if I just took a bunch of “lost kingdoms” and put them on the map and see how they all interact with each other. Names, approximate size and location is enough but any extra detail would be appreciated.

I'm sure there must be many. I'm looking for a book or in depth article that is relatively accessible. But basically looks at different economic policies that have been implemented over the past 100 or so years. To see what has had the desired effect.

For example, looking at how Keynesianism or Hayeks ideas actually worked in practice. Or indeed many of the other theories I'm not aware of that have influenced chancellors, presidents, prime ministers and national banks etc.

They later hated him? Respected? Both?

Yeah, I know the answer is yes EVENTUALLY, but assuming he doesn’t die of malaria and kept campaigning, was there someone that could’ve stood up to him?

My only thought is maybe fledging Rome? But they’re far too small at that stage to be much. But, who else?