Cultural history, the possible, and the principle of plenitude

History and Theory

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-187

  Salmi, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alain Corbin; Carlo Ginzburg; cultural history; micro history; Natalie Zemon Davis; potentiality; principle of plenitude; the concept of culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955632722     PISSN: 00182656     EISSN: 14682303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2011.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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