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	Encyclopedia topic: Microhistory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Microhistory is a branch of the study of history (A record or narrative description of past events).
		Microhistory is an important component of the "new history" that has emerged since the 1960s (The decade from 1960 to 1969).
		Microhistory should not be confused with the common practice of amateur historians looking at the history of their village or church, studies that almost always lack neutrality.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/microhistory.htm (231 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Microhistory is a branch of the study of history.
		First developed in the 1970s microhistory is the study of the past on a very small scale.
		Microhistory is an important component of the "new history" that has emerged since the 1960s.
	microhistory.iqexpand.com (201 words)

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		In this project "The Methods of Microhistory" I will attempt to fulfill three main goals: The first one is to master the historiography of microhistory and study the strengths and weaknesses of its approach.
		Microhistory emerged in Italy in response to dominant trends in the French Annales-school.
		All of these conceptual frameworks have greatly contributed to the development of microhistory as it is known today in the world of the humanities and social sciences.
	www.akademia.is /sigm/ensk4.html (1874 words)

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		Microhistory - as a field of study - has been in the making for the past twenty years in most of Europe and North America, but it took shape somewhat earlier in Italy around the journal Quaderni Storici, in the hands of historians such as Carlo Ginzburg, Giovanni Levi, Edoardo Grendi, and Gianna Pomata.
		While this essay touches on the views and works of these scholars, its main focus is on the rise in interest in microhistory across the globe in the last decade and on the topics of recent microhistorical research.
		After discussing the defining characteristics of microhistory, the author examines two currents within the Italian school, one closely tied to conventional social history, the other more in line with the new cultural history.
	www.akademia.is /sigm/ensk7.html (7114 words)

	English
		Using the common language of English, the summer school was divided between discussions of a series of seminal readings in microhistory and history of science, presentations and discussion of research work by the students, and several lectures by distinguished scholars working in the field of microhistory.
		Although microhistory's methods and techniques vary greatly, in the past two decades microhistory has come to be a distinctive approach to the study of history.
		Microhistory, a predominantly Italian tradition which has since blossomed in many other countries, revealed the issues and beliefs of less well-known historical actors, the structures and patterns of their lives, their cosmologies, working practices, and family and educational experiences.
	www.eu.spb.ru /histschool/2001/report2001-en.htm (1197 words)

	Netværk for historieteori og historiografi: Arbejdspapirer nr. 3, april 2000
		The accent on semiotics and interpretative anthropology as the stipulating characteristics of the microhistorical agenda is clearly emphasized in the contributions of Liv Egholm and Lene Wul.
		The same goes for Gianna Pomata's grudge against what she refers to as "the ugly head of postmodernism", which seems to come from some dismaying experiences with hard-core epistomological scepticism in the United States - which admittedly can be scary when presented in a not so subtle way.
		Maybe the only characteristic which can be said to be distinctively unique to microhistory is the deliberate reduction of the scale of observation.
	www.hum.ku.dk /histnet/publikationer/arbejdspapirer3/langen.html (709 words)

	HUMANITIES INSTITUTE \\ NEH Summer Seminar 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since microhistory represents a relatively new approach, one that has not been emphasized in graduate schools, the purpose of the Seminar is to develop the skills of scholars who have recently embarked on such projects, or who are considering one.
		Moreover, for teaching both undergraduates and graduates how historical accounts are constructed, the small compass of microhistories allows students to analyze the author’s primary sources and the judgments the author made to construct the narrative.
		In addition to discussion of core microhistories, each team will report on their additional readings, making comparisons of which topics and treatments prove most satisfactory.
	www.humanities.uconn.edu /neh/syllabus.htm (2380 words)

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		One part of the seminar will be to discuss analytical issues relating to microhistory and Victoria in the Victorian era; the second part consist of practical workshops in both archival research and the production of a web site.
		Writing assignment: Each student will individually write a paper that considers the literature on microhistory and the use of the web as a medium for presenting research, and write a paper of 1,500-2,000 words on the relationship between microhistory and the web.
		It should model microhistory approach, be self conscious in the use of methodology and link to larger themes.
	web.uvic.ca /~jlutz/courses/hist481 (1086 words)

	United States History To 1865 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This new area of study, however, is vulnerable to criticisms of being selective and unrepresentative.
		In addition, students will research and write their own microhistories cognizant of the genre’s problems and pitfalls.
		May 2 Oral Presentations—Students will present the results of their research paper and discuss the effectiveness of microhistory as a methodology.
	web.sbu.edu /history/vwolcott/history602grad.html (346 words)

	Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863 - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews
		Book / Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
		Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863
	www.techwritingjobs.com /shop/asinsearch_0844667307.html (358 words)

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