Microhistory

Ginzburg, C., Tedeschi, J., & Tedeschi, A. C. (1993). Microhistory: Two or Three Things That I Know about It. Critical Inquiry, 20(1), 10-35.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1993

Volume

20

Issue

1

Pages

10-35

DOI

10.1086/448699

DOI registrant

University of Chicago Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1086/448699

Cited from

history_historiography

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Primes

• Microhistory vs. Macrohistory
  • A resolution parameter applied to the same underlying process, as Ginzburg (1993) reformulates microhistory's epistemological program.

Mechanisms

• Paired Micro/Macro Case Study
  • The guard is the microhistory

    This sourceTreats reduced-scale observation as a way to test broader historical claims rather than replace the larger context.

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