What is Microhistory?: Theory and Practice

by István M. Szijártó and Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon

Book Overview

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.

The introduction guides the reader through the best-known example of microstoria, The Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg, and explains the benefits of studying an event,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415692091
• ISBN13: 9780415692090
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"