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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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Microhistory"

When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice
Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games
Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange
Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
Dolls of Our Lives
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate
Eyeliner: A Cultural History
This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History
Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (The Lawrence Stone Lectures)
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy – An Oral History with Exclusive Interviews from Iconic Stars and Filmmakers
The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance
Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery
Murder: The Biography
The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History
Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All
Evidence of Things Seen
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories)
Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball
Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
Sweat: A History of Exercise
Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails
The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are
The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me... and You
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult
Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances
A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
Craft: An American History
The Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them
Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History

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“ History is not merely about kings and their wars. We should know the story of people at large-not necessarily only those of politicians or film stars. How else can we relate to the lives of people influenced by the socio-political milieu, beyond their control? ”
― S.Krishnaswamy
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