An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries

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An Infinite History: The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries is a microhistorical study that traces the lives of an ordinary French family across three hundred years to illuminate broader themes of social, economic, and political change.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
history book
microhistory
nonfiction book
academicDiscipline French studies
economic history
history
social history
aim to illuminate broader themes of economic change
to illuminate broader themes of political change
to illuminate broader themes of social change
author Emma Georgina Rothschild
surface form: Emma Rothschild
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
focus ordinary French family
genre economic history
microhistory
political history
social history
hasFormat ebook
hardcover
language English
methodology microhistorical study
notableFor integration of micro and macro history
long-term family reconstruction
originalLanguage English
pageCount 448
placeInSeries standalone work
placeOfPublication Oxford
Princeton
publicationDate 2021
publisher Princeton University Press
setting France
subject French history
economic change
family history
political change
social change
targetAudience general readers interested in history
scholars
students
timeSpan three centuries
uses archival sources
legal records
notarial records

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