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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends..
The most celebrated works of microhistory are Carlo Ginzberg's The Cheese and the Worms, a difficult but very rewarding, if contentious, exploration of popular belief and the impact of literacy in sixteenth-century Italy[…]
What is certain is that in “The Pattern in the Carpet,” Drabble eschews both chronology and raw autobiographical revelation for a more meandering approach that touches briefly on family pathology and private pain as it crisscrosses the centuries and unfolds the microhistory of jigsaw puzzles, an English invention, circa 1767.
Use microhistory when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Microhistory means The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include macrohistory.
The most celebrated works of microhistory are Carlo Ginzberg's The Cheese and the Worms, a difficult but very rewarding, if contentious, exploration of popular belief and the impact of literacy in sixteenth-century Italy[…]
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