MacRaild Donald M., Taylor Avram. Social Theory and Social History

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. — 216 p.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.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