Microhistory

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends. countable, uncountable

    "The most celebrated works of microhistory are Carlo Ginzberg's The Cheese and the Worms, a difficult but very rewarding, if contentious, exploration of popular belief and the impact of literacy in sixteenth-century Italy[…]"

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"The most celebrated works of microhistory are Carlo Ginzberg's The Cheese and the Worms, a difficult but very rewarding, if contentious, exploration of popular belief and the impact of literacy in sixteenth-century Italy[…]"

Etymology

From micro- + history.

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