From the Outside Looking In: The Annales School, the Non-Western World, and Social Science History

During the 40 years since its founding, the Social Science History Association (SSHA) and its journal have attracted many scholars to the field of social science history, stimulating many new lines of research, but it has only had limited success in developing some of the more prominent new trends i...

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Published in:	Social science history 2016, Vol.40 (4), p.565-574
Main Author:	Perdue, Peter C.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Annales School Asian studies Associations Collective action Historiography History Mao Zedong (1893-1976) Middle age Peasants Science history Social science history Social Science History Association Social sciences Society Studies Tilly, Charles (1929-2008) Transnationalism
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Summary:	During the 40 years since its founding, the Social Science History Association (SSHA) and its journal have attracted many scholars to the field of social science history, stimulating many new lines of research, but it has only had limited success in developing some of the more prominent new trends in the history field. Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's early presence in the journal Social Science History did not stimulate much further work on the longue durée. In environmental history, transnational history, and studies of the non-Western world, the SSHA has not led the way. The article calls on members of the SSHA to think about creative responses to these new directions of inquiry.
ISSN:	0145-5532 1527-8034