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" Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out."
G. M. Trevelyan

Meaning of "social history" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIAL HISTORY

ˈsəʊʃəl ˈhɪstərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL HISTORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Social history is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOCIAL HISTORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Social history

Social history, often called the new social history, is a broad branch of history that studies the experiences of ordinary people in the past. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments. In the two decades from 1975 to 1995, the proportion of professors of history in American universities identifying with social history rose from 31% to 41%, while the proportion of political historians fell from 40% to 30%. In the history departments of British and Irish universities in 2014, of the 3410 faculty members reporting, 878 identified themselves with social history while political history came next with 841.

Definition of social history in the English dictionary

The definition of social history in the dictionary is a view of historical events seen in terms of social trends.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOCIAL HISTORY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIAL HISTORY

social drinking · social dumping · Social Education Centre · social engineering · social evening · social evolution · social exclusion · social fund · social gaming · social gathering · social housing · social inclusion · social inquiry report · social insurance · Social Insurance Number · social intelligence · social life · social market · social media · social misfit

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIAL HISTORY

alternative history · ancient history · back story · cover story · credit history · directory · fish story · ghost story · horror story · life history · life story · love story · medical history · natural history · oral history · service history · short story · sob story · story · success story · the same old story

Synonyms and antonyms of social history in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «social history» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL HISTORY

Find out the translation of social history to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of social history from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «social history» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

社会史
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

historia social
570 millions of speakers
en

English

social history
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

सामाजिक इतिहास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التاريخ الاجتماعي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

социальная история
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

história social
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সামাজিক ইতিহাস
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

histoire sociale
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sejarah sosial
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Sozialgeschichte
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

社会史
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

사회 사
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Riwayat sosial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lịch sử xã hội
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சமூக வரலாறு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सामाजिक इतिहास
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sosyal Tarih
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

storia sociale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

historia społeczna
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціальна історія
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

istoria socială
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωνική ιστορία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sosiale geskiedenis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sociala historia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sosial historie
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of social history

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL HISTORY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of social history
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «social history».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about social history

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QUOTES WITH «SOCIAL HISTORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word social history.
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G. M. Trevelyan
Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIAL HISTORY»

Discover the use of social history in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to social history and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
London: A Social History
Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
Roy Porter, 1998
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A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in ...
Shapin explains how gentlemen-philosophers resolved varying testimony about such phemonema as comets, icebergs, and the pressure of water by bringing to bear practical social knowledge and standards of decorum.
Steven Shapin, 1994
3
A Social History of Tea
Drawing on the collections and archives of the National Trust, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the social history of tea from the 17th century to the present day.
Jane Pettigrew, 2001
4
A Social History of Dying
The historical approach of this book places our recent images of cancer dying and medical care in broader historical, epidemiological and global context. Professor Kellehear argues that we are witnessing a rise in shameful forms of dying.
Allan Kellehear, 2007
5
White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf
As Bobrow-Strain traces the story of bread, from the first factory loaf to the latest gourmet pain au levain, he shows how efforts to champion "good food" reflect dreams of a better society--even as they reinforce stark social hierarchies.
Aaron Bobrow-Strain, 2012
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Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of Lsd : The Cia, ...
Provides a social history of how the CIA used the psychedelic drug LSD as a tool of espionage during the early 1950s and tested it on U.S. citizens before it spread into popular culture, in particular the counterculture as represented by ...
Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain, 1992
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Citizenship, Identity, and Social History
A collection of original essays on citizenship and identity. This book is comprised of eight authors.
Charles Tilly, 1996
8
Renaissance Florence: A Social History
An examination of the social history of Florence from the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries.
Roger J. Crum, John T. Paoletti, 2006
9
America Calling: A Social History of the Telephone to 1940
Deftly written and meticulously researched, "America Calling" adds an important new chapter to the social history of our nation and illuminates a fundamental aspect of cultural modernism that is integral to contemporary life.
Claude S. Fischer, 1992
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The Social History of Bourbon
Although the story of American whiskey is recorded in countless lively pages of our nation's history, the place of bourbon in the American cultural record has long awaited detailed and objective presentation.
Gerald Carson, 2010

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIAL HISTORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term social history is used in the context of the following news items.
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Streets in the sky: social history of Glasgow's brutalist tower blocks to …
Now researchers are gathering the experiences of residents of Glasgow's notorious high rise flats as part of a project to document the social history of the city's ... «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
2
Experts: Docs should ask about patients' military history
When taking a patient's social history, providers should consider asking about military experience, branch of service, specific jobs performed, and how they feel ... «Military Times, Feb 15»
3
The Obsession With Social History
The obsession with social history originated in the 1960s, inspired by then-graduate students and young historians who wanted to concentrate on groups and ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 13»
REFERENCE
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