Microhistory

Alledaagse voorwerpen, gebeurtenissen en ideeën verbergen fascinerende verhalen die de menselijke beschaving op onverwachte manieren hebben gevormd. Door diepgaand onderzoek en meeslepende vertelling laten microgeschiedenissen zien hoe ogenschijnlijk kleine onderwerpen — van paddenstoelen tot wiskunde, van hygiëne tot codes — onze wereld stilletjes hebben getransformeerd.

Microhistory Boeksamenvattingen

Salt

door Mark Kurlansky • 2002

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

3.75

77.000+

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

Salt

Salt was the oil of the ancient world, and the battle for it built empires.

door Mark Kurlansky 2002 484 pagina's

3.75

77.000+ beoordelingen

🧂 Commodity Histories 🍽️ Food History 🔍 Microhistory

Shroom

door Andy Letcher • 2007

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

3.87

375

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy

Shroom

From ancient sacrament to clinical breakthrough: how a mind-altering fungus is reshaping psychiatry.

door Andy Letcher 2007 384 pagina's

3.87

375 beoordelingen

🍄 Cultural History 🔬 Psychedelic Research ⚕️ Psychedelic Therapy

Concrete Planet

door Robert Courland • 2011

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

3.89

218

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Concrete Planet

Concrete is older than the wheel, built Rome, and now silently corrodes the modern world.

door Robert Courland 2011 400 pagina's

3.89

218 beoordelingen

🏛️ Roman Engineering 🏗️ Construction History 🔬 Material Science

Tulipmania

door Mike Dash • 2000

A tulip worth a house: the virus that streaked its petals sparked the first speculative mania.

3.66

2.000+

🏛️ Economic History 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🇳🇱 Dutch Golden Age

Tulipmania

A tulip worth a house: the virus that streaked its petals sparked the first speculative mania.

door Mike Dash 2000

3.66

2.000+ beoordelingen

🏛️ Economic History 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🇳🇱 Dutch Golden Age

The Pencil

door Henry Petroski • 1992

A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.

3.80

500+

🏭 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Engineering Design

The Pencil

A pencil hides centuries of engineering failures, global trade, and the secret to good design.

door Henry Petroski 1992 434 pagina's

3.80

500+ beoordelingen

🏭 History Of Technology 🏺 Material Culture ⚙️ Engineering Design

The Dirt on Clean

door Katherine Ashenburg • 2007

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

3.71

2.000+

🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

The Dirt on Clean

Roman luxury, medieval sin, modern obsession: the hidden forces that shaped our hygiene.

door Katherine Ashenburg 2007 249 pagina's

3.71

2.000+ beoordelingen

🧼 History Of Hygiene 🔍 Microhistory 🦵 Body History

The Book on the Bookshelf

door Henry Petroski • 1999

Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.

3.75

1.000+

📦 Material Culture 📖 History Of Reading 🏛️ Library History

The Book on the Bookshelf

Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.

door Henry Petroski 1999 307 pagina's

3.75

1.000+ beoordelingen

📦 Material Culture 📖 History Of Reading 🏛️ Library History

Cod

door Mark Kurlansky • 1997

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

3.92

25.000+

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Cod

The fish that built empires and fueled a slave trade. Then it stopped coming back.

door Mark Kurlansky 1997 294 pagina's

3.92

25.000+ beoordelingen

🔍 Microhistories 🍽️ Food History 🐟 Overfishing

Bleu

door Michel Pastoureau • 2000

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

3.99

1.000+

🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

Bleu

The Virgin Mary, a French king, and denim: how blue went from barbarian to beloved.

door Michel Pastoureau 2000 216 pagina's

3.99

1.000+ beoordelingen

🏛️ Cultural History 🎨 Color History 👗 Fashion History

It's All a Game

door Tristan Donovan • 2017

The board games in your closet once trained generals, hid spies, and taught machines to think.

3.96

1.000+

🎲 Board Game History 🔍 Cultural History 🎨 Game Design

It's All a Game

The board games in your closet once trained generals, hid spies, and taught machines to think.

door Tristan Donovan 2017 304 pagina's

3.96

1.000+ beoordelingen

🎲 Board Game History 🔍 Cultural History 🎨 Game Design

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