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Alltagsgeschichte is a form of microhistory that was particularly prevalent amongst German historians during the 1980s. It was founded by historians Alf Luedtke (Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Luedtke]) and Hans Medick (German Wikipedia page [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Medick])..
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Alltagsgeschichte is a form of microhistory that was particularly prevalent amongst German historians during the 1980s. It was founded by historians [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alf_Luedtke Alf Luedtke] andpage [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Medick Hans Medick].
 
 
 
The name comes from German, where Alltag means "everyday life"; it can thus be roughly translated as "everyday history".
 
The name comes from German, where Alltag means "everyday life"; it can thus be roughly translated as "everyday history".
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More information - including publications - on the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alltagsgeschichte]
 
More information - including publications - on the Wikipedia page [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alltagsgeschichte]
 
 
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Alltagsgeschichte is a form of microhistory that was particularly prevalent amongst German historians during the 1980s. It was founded by historians Alf Luedtke andpage Hans Medick.

The name comes from German, where Alltag means "everyday life"; it can thus be roughly translated as "everyday history".

In this sense, Alltagsgeschichte can be considered part of the wider Marxian historical school of 'history from below'.

See also Microhistory

More information - including publications - on the Wikipedia page [1]