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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"

Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence
The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
Murder: The Biography
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
The Core of an Onion: Peeling the Rarest Common Food―Featuring More Than 100 Historical Recipes
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
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World
Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
The Game Changers: How Playing Games Changed the World and Can Change You Too
Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
The Kingdom of Prep: The Inside Story of the Rise and (Near) Fall of J.Crew
The Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them
Fowl Play: A History of the Chicken from Dinosaur to Dinner Plate
Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods
The Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks
Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug
The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity
Foreign Fruit: A Personal History of the Orange
The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years
Nuts and Bolts: Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World in a Big Way
The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History
Monster Kids: How Pokémon Taught a Generation to Catch Them All
Dolls of Our Lives
Eyeliner: A Cultural History
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close
Evidence of Things Seen
Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks—A Cool History of a Hot Commodity
Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power
Egg: A Dozen Ovatures
The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables
Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance
The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
A Brief History of Timekeeping: The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern
Vanilla: The History of an Extraordinary Bean
Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse
Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul
High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
The Biscuit: The History of a Very British Indulgence
Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community It Created
Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish
Doctors and Distillers: The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails
The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History
Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult
Rules: A Short History of What We Live By (The Lawrence Stone Lectures)
The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes
The Art of Colour: The History of Art in 39 Pigments
From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy
Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants
License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport
Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History
This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons (Game Histories)
Pump: A Natural History of the Heart
Pinball: A Graphic History of the Silver Ball
Sweat: A History of Exercise
A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me... and You
Craft: An American History
The Week: A History of the Unnatural Rhythms That Made Us Who We Are

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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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