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Small Worlds: Method, Meaning, and Narrative in Microhistory - Brooks, James F (Editor), and Decorse, Christopher R N (Editor), and Walton, John (Editor)
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Growing unease with grand theories of modernization and global integration brought twelve scholars from four disciplines to the School for Advanced Research for an experiment with the research genre known as microhistory. These authors now call for a return to narrative, detailed analysis on a small scale, and the search for unforeseen meanings embedded in cases. The essential feature of this perspective is a search for significance in the microcosm, the large lessons discovered in small worlds. Urging the recognition of ...

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Small Worlds: Method, Meaning, and Narrative in Microhistory 2008, School for Advanced Research Press

ISBN-13: 9781930618947

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