Directory of Social History Resources

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Social historians attempt to understand everyday human experience, and in particular to construct narratives of the lower socioeconomic classes and other groups not represented in traditional literary or governing circles--the subject of political, intellectual, and military histories. The term "social history" first arose during the Progressive Era as interest grew in the contemporary and historical status of people in the middle and lower classes. By the late 20th century, the study had been expanded to women, ethnic minorities, and others deemed marginalized. Closely related to social history are women's history, cultural history, economic history, and labor history.

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• Economic History
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• Publications
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• Religion
• Revolutions and Social Movements
• Urban History
• Women's History

Resources in This Category

• Sex In History

  http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/taylorgr/sxnhst/
  Text of a 1954 history of sexuality and relationships by Gordon Rattray Taylor critical of their historical repression.

• Temperance and Prohibition

  http://prohibition.osu.edu/
  A series of illustrated articles on the history of prohibition in the United States from Ohio State University History Department.

• The People History

  http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/
  Memories of events, nostalgia, and experiences as recalled by people.

• The Victorian Web: Victorian Social History

  http://www.victorianweb.org/history/sochistov.html
  Brief essays on a wide range of topics, including public health, conditions of life and labor, economic history, education, and race, class and gender issues.

• World History Archives

  http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/
  A collection of documents for teaching and learning about world history from a working class perspective.

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