There is an important distinction between old social history and new social history that exists in what are now sub-fields of social history that predate the 1960s. E. P. Thompson identified labour history as the central concern of … See more

The popular view is that new social history emerged in the 1960s with the publication of Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class (1963). … See more

Historical demography
The study of the lives of ordinary people was revolutionized in the 1960s by the introduction of … See more

• Cultural studies
• Dig Where You Stand movement
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There are many definitions of social history, most of them isolated to national historiographies. The most consequential definition of social history is the one Thompson … See more

While the study of elites and political institutions has produced a vast body of scholarship, the impact after 1960 of social historians has shifted emphasis onto the politics of ordinary … See more

• Adas, Michael. "Social History and the Revolution in African and Asian Historiography," Journal of Social History 19 (1985): 335–378.
• Anderson, … See more