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microhistory
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- opposite of
- macrohistory
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Microhistory is a genre of history that focuses on small units of research, such as an event, community, individual or a settlement. According to Charles Joyner microhistory differs from case studies in that microhistory aspires to "[ask] large questions in small places". It is closely associated with social and cultural history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “microhistory” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.