Books Microhistory

Microhistory studies events and societies within a closed historical period. I does not try to draw a big picture of happenings or devise global theories. It depicts the life of normal people from the past.

A History of Private Life, Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
Philippe Ariès and Georges Duby
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
Bill Bryson
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Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941
William Shirer
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Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born
Tina Cassidy
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Capital And Finance In The Age Of The Renaissance
Richard Ehrenberg
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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens
James Davidson
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Cubed: The Secret History of the Workplace
Nikil Saval
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De Re Metallica
Georgius Agricola
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany
Carlo Cipolla
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Gulag: A History
Anne Applebaum
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides
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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing
Melissa Mohr
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Medieval Civilization 400-1500
Jacques Le Goff
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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error
Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
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Pox: An American History
Michael Willrich
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Quackery (A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything)
Lydia Kang
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The Cheese and the Worms
Carlo Ginzburg
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The Devil in the Holy Water or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon
Robert Darnton
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The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
Philip Ball
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The Discovery of France
Graham Robb
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The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John
Bruce Ware Allen
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The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors
Hugh Barty-King
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Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral
Philip Ball
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Books Microhistory

A History of Private Life, Volume I: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941

Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born

Capital And Finance In The Age Of The Renaissance

Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens

Cubed: The Secret History of the Workplace

De Re Metallica

Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany

Gulag: A History

History of the Peloponnesian War

Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

Medieval Civilization 400-1500

Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error

Pox: An American History

Quackery (A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything)

The Cheese and the Worms

The Devil in the Holy Water or the Art of Slander from Louis XIV to Napoleon

The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science

The Discovery of France

The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John

The Worst Poverty: A History of Debt and Debtors

Universe of Stone: A Biography of Chartres Cathedral