Microhistory

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 ...more

Super Nintendo: The Game-Changing Company That Unlocked the Power of Play
Neptune's Fortune: The Billion-Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire
Human History on Drugs: An Utterly Scandalous but Entirely Truthful Look at History Under the Influence
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves
Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder
Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America
Ten Tomatoes that Changed the World: A History
Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of America’s Cemeteries
The Secret Life of a Cemetery: The Wild Nature and Enchanting Lore of Père-Lachaise
The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal
Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel That Survived the CIA
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination
Salt: A World History
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
A History of the World in 6 Glasses
The Ghost Map
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Paper: Paging Through History
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
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Books for Bird Lovers
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