History from below as an approach to history was born in 1960s and it is connected to Social Sciences. It emphasis that a theory is a starting point, so history is going from theory to evidence. It looks into people everyday life with all its aspects.
The biggest influence on history from below has Karl Marx and his idea of class struggle. He introduced the materialist conception of history, which have seen revolution as a part of complex social- economic process. In those processes the new forces came into conflict with existing social relation. He emphasised that that the social-economic structure was a source of revolution. The theory highlighted a class conflict in society. The struggle happen between bourgeoisies, which are rich people, …show more content…
In his work ‘The age of Empire’, he use Marxist approach to origins of the Great War. He emphasise that the Great War was caused by industrial capitalism rather than one nation or individual. The New Imperialism of 19th century occurred, because of demand from Empire powers for natural resources, territories, exotic goods, cheap labour force and fresh marketplace. As a result, the mother country 's economy developed, while colonial countries were exploited. Hobsbawn introduced us to a struggle between Empirical powers and colonies. It is struggle of economy, culture and supremacy. The Empirical powers are dominated and they are exploit colonies. ‘The Age of Empire’ is an example of Marxism piece of work, because it presents history from Marxist ankle and used vocabulary, which is associated with that approach.
Due to influence of social class, modern historians rediscover history. They starts to look into non-written oral stories and consider them as evidences. The series of book ‘A history of everyday life in Scotland’ is an example of historian work on people everyday life. The books presents Scotland from prospective of live led by ordinary people. It is an example of micro-history of regional and national context. It shows the daily life with the mentalities of
The biggest influence on history from below has Karl Marx and his idea of class struggle. He introduced the materialist conception of history, which have seen revolution as a part of complex social- economic process. In those processes the new forces came into conflict with existing social relation. He emphasised that that the social-economic structure was a source of revolution. The theory highlighted a class conflict in society. The struggle happen between bourgeoisies, which are rich people, …show more content…
In his work ‘The age of Empire’, he use Marxist approach to origins of the Great War. He emphasise that the Great War was caused by industrial capitalism rather than one nation or individual. The New Imperialism of 19th century occurred, because of demand from Empire powers for natural resources, territories, exotic goods, cheap labour force and fresh marketplace. As a result, the mother country 's economy developed, while colonial countries were exploited. Hobsbawn introduced us to a struggle between Empirical powers and colonies. It is struggle of economy, culture and supremacy. The Empirical powers are dominated and they are exploit colonies. ‘The Age of Empire’ is an example of Marxism piece of work, because it presents history from Marxist ankle and used vocabulary, which is associated with that approach.
Due to influence of social class, modern historians rediscover history. They starts to look into non-written oral stories and consider them as evidences. The series of book ‘A history of everyday life in Scotland’ is an example of historian work on people everyday life. The books presents Scotland from prospective of live led by ordinary people. It is an example of micro-history of regional and national context. It shows the daily life with the mentalities of