Miniatures : A Reader in the History of Everyday Life

Ferris, Kate (EDT); Halstead, Huw (EDT)

ISBN 10: 180413001X / ISBN 13: 9781804130018

Published by University of Exeter Press, 2025

Seller Inventory # 47490386-n

Synopsis:

This documentary history is the first to present readers with the rich and innovative source base deployed by everyday life historians, at a time when everyday life history approaches are gaining ever-increasing traction in historical research and history syllabi. The reader comprises (approx.) 30-40 primary sources alongside short commentaries provided by researchers working on the history of everyday life, often in extraordinary, unusual, or turbulent times from the late nineteenth century through to the twenty-first century. The sources are carefully selected to offer detailed and textured explorations of micro-scale situations and practices - what the German historian Alf Ludtke called 'miniatures' - thereby demonstrating the appeal, fascination, and potential of everyday life history.

About the Author: Kate Ferris is Professor in Modern European History at the University of St Andrews. She researches modern Italy and Spain with an emphasis on everyday life history and questions of agency, practice, subjectivity, and space. She leads the ERC-funded project, 'Dictatorship as experience: a comparative history of everyday life and the "lived experience" of dictatorship in Mediterranean Europe, 1922-1975'. Huw Halstead is Lecturer in Public History in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on memory, public history, and everyday life, with a particular interest in the contemporary Mediterranean world.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Miniatures : A Reader in the History of ...
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New