Social Theory and Social History

by Donald MacRaild, Avram Taylor

Overview

This book examines the rapid development of social history over the past 100 years, exploring the links between historical method, social theory and the changing nature of what interests us about the past. Providing a route map for general readers and students alike, the book charts diverse territories, from the rise of social history from poor relation to economic history and the emergence of Annales and Marxist perspectives to the recent challenges presented by post-structuralism and cultural history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333947470
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/2005
Series:	Theory and History , #4
Edition description:	2004
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

DONALD M. MACRAILD is Principal Lecturer and Head of History at Northumbria University, UK.

AVRAM TAYLOR is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, UK.
DONALD M. MACRAILD is Principal Lecturer and Head of History at Northumbria University, UK.

AVRAM TAYLOR is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
'Cinderella' Gets her Prince? The Development of Social History
Fruit of a 'Special Relationship'? Historical Sociology
'A Mass of Factors and Influences'? Systemic, 'Total' and 'Comparative' Histories
Social Structure and Human Agency in Historical Explanation
Ideology, Mentalité and Social Ritual: From Social History to Cultural History
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.