Microhistory

Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, community of a village, family or person). In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple case study insofar as microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places", to use the definition given by Charles Joyner ...more

New Releases Tagged "Microhistory"

The Last Best Place on the Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia
Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
The Last Best Place on the Internet: A Human History of Wikipedia
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise
The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
How Queer Bookshops Changed the World
Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
Maintenance of Everything: Part One
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History ― An Award-Winning Craftsman's Account of How We Learned to Measure Time
Salt: A World History
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Paper: Paging Through History
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Country Ham by Steve CoomesSalt by Mark KurlanskyCod by Mark KurlanskyThe Botany of Desire by Michael PollanAn Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage
Food & Drink Histories (nonfiction)
199 books — 62 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,202 books — 2,574 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medical Microhistories
100 books — 95 voters

Every 9 Minutes by Christina VitaglianoThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootStiff by Mary RoachA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonGod's Existence by Gary R. Lindberg
Modern Science Nonfiction
492 books — 451 voters
Sisters by John J. FialkaThe Mass by Guy OuryGothic Pride by Brian ReganThe Last Great Acts of Saint Peter  by Edward N BrownDeception and Dominion by Re'tzon Ha'el
Catholic Microhistories (nonfiction)
40 books — 6 voters


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― S.Krishnaswamy

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