UCSD Microhistory and The Lost Peoples of Europe Questions
Question Description
Hi, so these are 5 questions that must be answered in depth. ONLY get the information from the uploaded pdfs and no where else. Each question must be answered with at least 500 words. Thank you in advance 🙂
1. Why & how did microhistory come into being? (see especially Poni,Pellotonen & especially Bell) What were historians reacting against? What did they object to in other methods?
2. What is microhistory? (Clearest answer in Szijarto, Pellotonen& Bell but try to include Poni/ Ginzberg).
3. Revel says that microhistory has “redefined” four basic assumptions of social history. What are these four assumption & how has microhistory rethought them?
4. Define the following terms:
“the method of clues”
“normal exception”
“methodological individualism” or “names”
Total history
“mentalities”
“history from below”
“thick description”
5. Most of the authors this week advocate for microhistory. But a few (especially Bell) also criticize it. What criticisms does Bell or the other authors make against microhistory? How has microhistory failed?
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