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Microhistorian vs Microhistory - What's the difference?

microhistorian | microhistory | Derived terms |

Microhistory is a derived term of microhistorian.



As nouns the difference between microhistorian and microhistory

is that microhistorian is a historian in the field of microhistory while microhistory is the study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends.

microhistorian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A historian in the field of microhistory.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=2004 , author=Michael J. Hogan, Thomas G. Paterson , title=Explaining the history of American foreign relations , chapter= citation , isbn=9780521540353 , page=23 , passage=Microhistorians have likened their methods to criminal detection, in which careful observation of seemingly marginal details of obscure events and lives can result in evidence that is significant in terms of larger issues.}}

    microhistory

    English

    Noun

  • (history) The study of the past on a small scale, such as an individual neighborhood or town, as a case study for general trends
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 13, author=Daphne Merkin, title=Dame of the British Interior, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    Derived terms

    *microhistorian *microhistorical *microhistorically