Sozialgeschichte

Every good work of history today contains at least some social history. The early structural history and historical social science of the 1970s had a hugely influential impact. This introduction traces their success, right through to contemporary cultural history. Why did social history fight against political and event history? How did its theoretical and methodological discussions enrich the discipline? What transformations does the inclusion of everyday, gender and cultural history entail? This book presents these and other questions for students and teachers of history and cultural studies as well as all other readers interested in social history.