{"product_id":"what-is-microhistory-9780415692090","title":"What is Microhistory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction guides the reader through the best-known example of \u003cem\u003emicrostoria\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cheese and the Worms\u003c\/i\u003e by Carlo Ginzburg, and explains the benefits of studying an event, place or person in microscopic detail. In Part I, István M. Szijártó examines the historiography of microhistory in the Italian, French, Germanic and the Anglo-Saxon traditions, shedding light on the roots of microhistory and asking where it is headed. In Part II, Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon uses a carefully selected case study to show the important difference between the disciplines of macro- and microhistory and to offer practical instructions for those historians wishing to undertake micro-level analysis. These parts are tied together\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Magnusson’s and Szijarto’s book is one of the first comprehensive introductions to microhistorical theory. They show that microhistory has not only been a temporary fashion and that it should be respected as a fully-fledged historical research method... The book is intended to stimulate new debate about the position of microhistory in current historiography.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The voices of two authors combine in this important analysis of the evolving character of microhistory. This study guides the reader through the achievements of microhistory to date. It also offers a thought-provoking perspective on the potential for microhistory to continue to make a significant contribution to our understanding of the past.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraeme Murdock, \u003cem\u003eTrinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"…[Szijártó’s] achievement is impressive; he displays a useful familiarity with scores of publications treating widely divergent periods and places…Magnússon’s exploration of the possibilities and limitations of microhistory is original and daring.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard D. Brown, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Connecticut\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eThe American Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...[Szijártó and Magnússon] both argue for a method understood in epistemological terms, and their ultimate answer to the question that their book bears as a title is that microhistory is the method, and probably the right one, to gain reliable knowledge of the past.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZoltan Boldizsar Simon, \u003cem\u003eUniversity of Bielefeld\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Magnusson’s and Szijarto’s book is one of the first comprehensive introductions to microhistorical theory. They show that microhistory has not only been a temporary fashion and that it should be respected as a fully-fledged historical research method... The book is intended to stimulate new debate about the position of microhistory in current historiography.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I (István M. Szijártó) Introduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Against simple truths\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 1:\u003c\/strong\u003e Italian microhistory\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e Under the impact of \u003ci\u003emicrostoria\u003c\/i\u003e: the French and German perspective\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e Microhistory in a broader sense: the Anglo-Saxon landscape\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e The periphery and the new millennium: answers and new questions.\u003cstrong\u003e Part II (Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon) Chapter 5:\u003c\/strong\u003e The doctor’s tale: the living and the dead\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 6:\u003c\/strong\u003e Refashioning of famous French peasants\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e New and old theoretical issues: criticism of microhistory\u003cstrong\u003e. Chapter 8:\u003c\/strong\u003e A West Side story, and the one who gets to write it\u003cstrong\u003e. Postscript:\u003c\/strong\u003e To step into the same stream twice\u003cstrong\u003e. References. Extended Bibliography. 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