The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory
Origins, Present State and Prospects
Description
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Microhistory provides the first detailed examination of a field which has rapidly expanded in the last three decades. Characterised by a focus on the very small, an obsessive thoroughness of investigation and an inventiveness of exposition, microhistory has matured significantly as an approach amongst historical researchers and practitioners during this time. Consequently an overview of this nature - surveying microhistory's origins, current state and future directions - is a critical development for this increasingly vibrant area of the discipline.
The Handbook is arranged in four thematic Parts: Decades of Insight into Microhistory, Microhistory around the World, Microhistory and Different Methodological Approaches, and Microhistory as a Conceptual Framework. With contributions from world-renowned scholars, including Natalie Zemon Davis, Carlo Ginzburg and Giovanni Levi, and the international involvement of experts based in the United States, Iceland, Norway, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Mexico, Italy, France and Denmark, this collection innovatively merges the local and the global as it presents the most authoritative exploration of microhistory published to date.
Table of Contents
Part 1 - Decades of Insights into Microhistory
1. Microhistory and Philology Carlo Ginzburg (UCLA, USA)
2. Looking Back on Microhistory: Conversation Natalie Zemon Davis (Princeton University, USA) and Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)
3. What has Microhistory to Offer Historical Scholarship? Giovanni Levi (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy)
Part 2 - Microhistory around the World
Introduction Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)
4. Italian/French Microhistory Angelo Torre (University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy) and Simona Cerutti (EHESS, France)
5. Central/North European Microhistory TBC
6. African Microhistory Luise White (University of Florida, USA)
7. Microhistory of the Eastern Mediterranean World Mustafa Minawi (Cornell University, USA)
8. Microhistory in Brazil Maíra Ines Vendrame (Unisinos, Brazil)
9. Microhistory in Latin America Carlos Aguirre Rojas (The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)
10. Microhistory in South Asia TBC
11. Microhistory in Russia/Eastern Europe Mikhail Boytsov (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Part 3 -Microhistory and Different Methodological Approaches
Introduction Deivy Carneiro (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)
12. Microhistory, Egodocuments, and Oral History Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (University of Iceland, Iceland)
13. Microhistory as a Pedagogy Thomas V. Cohen (York University, Canada)
14. Microhistory and Magic/Witchcraft Thomas Robisheaux (Duke University, USA)
15. Microhistory and Time and Space Christian G. De Vito (University of Bonn, Germany) and Johan Heinsen (University of Aalborg, Denmark)
16. Transnational Microhistory TBC
17. Microhistory and the Environment Ada Arendt (University of Oslo, Norway)
Part 4 - Microhistory as a Conceptual Framework
Introduction Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon (University of Iceland, Iceland)
18. Microhistory and Crime Deivy Ferreira Carneiro (Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil)
19. Microhistory and the Gender and Emotional Approach: A Focus on India Ruknima Barua (York University, Canada)
20. Microhistory and Literary Practices in Modern Times Davíð Ólafsson (University of Iceland, Iceland)
21. Microhistory and Material Culture Gavin Lucas (University of Iceland, Iceland)
22. Microhistory and the Biographical Turn Hans Renders (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Postscript – Microhistory and the Future Zoltán Boldizsár Simon (Bielefeld University, Germany)
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Product details
| Published | 23 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 528 |
| ISBN | 9781350461161 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Series | Bloomsbury Handbooks |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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