Editing Microhistory (section)

== Origins ==
Microhistory became popular in Italy in the 1970s.{{sfn|Tristano|1996|p=26}} According to [[Giovanni Levi]], one of the pioneers of the approach, it began as a reaction to a perceived crisis in existing historiographical approaches.{{sfn|Levi|1991|page=93-94}} [[Carlo Ginzburg]], another of microhistory's founders, has written that he first heard the term used around 1977, and soon afterwards began to work with Levi and [[Simona Cerutti]] on ''Microstorie'', a series of microhistorical works.{{sfn|Ginzburg|1993|p=10}}

The word "microhistory" dates back to 1959, when the American historian [[George R. Stewart]] published ''Pickett's Charge: A Microhistory of the Final Attack on Gettysburg, July 3, 1863'', which tells the story of the final day of the [[Battle of Gettysburg]].{{sfn|Ginzburg|1993|p=11}} Another early use was by the [[Annales School|Annales]] historian [[Fernand Braudel]], for whom the concept had negative connotations, being overly concerned with the history of events.{{sfn|Ginzburg|1993|p=12}} A third early use of the term was in the title of [[Luis González y González|Luis González]]'s 1968 work {{lang|es|Pueblo en vilo: Microhistoria de San José de Gracia}}.{{sfn|Ginzburg|1993|p=12}} González distinguished between microhistory, for him synonymous with local history, and "{{lang|fr|petite histoire}}", which is primarily concerned with anecdotes.{{sfn|Ginzburg|1993|p=12}}