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 sophisticated quantitative and demographic methods, often using individual data from the census and from local registers of … 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

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 provided. … 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 … See more

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