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Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, community of a village, family or person). In its ambition, however, microhistory can be distinguished from a simple case study insofar as microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places", to use the definition given by Charles Joyner

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The Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportThe Assassination of the Archduke by Greg KingThe Fate of the Romanovs by Greg KingA Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Cheese and the Worms by Carlo Ginzburg
Microhistories: Microscopic Studies of Individual Events, People and Places
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