32 books
—
7 voters
Social History
Social history is a branch of history that includes history of ordinary people and their way of life
“
Meanwhile, men like Huxley, Carnegie and Frick were the very select few who were reaping in the gargantuan rewards of gold, or in this case, coal and steel.
”
― A Blazing Gilded Age
― A Blazing Gilded Age
“
Conceptual historians of various stripes asked after the origins of ideas, but they sought them by tracing the changing meanings of words across different socio-historical contexts. My concern, by contrast, is with the practical origins of ideas: with the ways in which the ideas we live by can be shown to be rooted in practical needs and concerns generated by certain facts about us and our situation.
”
― The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering
― The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering
This is a group for all those with an interest in Early Modern history (roughly from 1500-1800, …more
49 members,
last active 3 years ago
