What is Microhistory? : Theory and Practice


Sigurður Gylfi. Magnússon
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Florence : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.
Omfang
1 online resource (193 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover ; What is Microhistory?; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements; PART I; Introduction: Against simple truths; 1 Italian microhistory; 2 Under the impact of microstoria: The French and German perspective; 3 Microhistory in a broader sense: The Anglo-Saxon landscape; 4 The periphery and the new millennium: Answers and new questions; PART II; 5 The doctor's tale: The living and the dead; 6 Refashioning a famous French peasant; 7 New and old theoretical issues: Criticisms of microhistory; 8 A West Side story, and the one who gets to write it. - 9 Postscript: To step into the same stream twiceBibliography; Index. - <P>This unique and detailed analysis provides the first accessible and comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, methodology of microhistory - one of the most significant innovations in historical scholarship to have emerged in the last few decades. </P><P>The introduction guides the reader through the best-known example of <EM>microstoria</EM>, <I>The Cheese and the Worms</I> by Carlo Ginzburg, and explains the benefits of studying an event, place or person in microscopic detail. In Part I, István M. Szijártó examines the historiography of microhistory in the Italian, French, Ge
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Dewey
901 . - 900
ISBN
9780415692083. - 9780415692090

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