Volume 37 (Fall 2003) Issue 1
Special Issue: The Futures of Social History
Table of Contents

[click on a title for an abstract of the article]

Part I: Introducing the Issues

• Stearns, Peter N. "Social History Present and Future"

• Kocka, Jürgen. "Losses, Gains and Opportunities: Social History Today"

• Kaelble, Hartmut. "Social History in Europe"

  Part II: The Cultural Turn and Beyond

• Fass, Paula S. "Cultural History/Social History: Some Reflections on a Continuing Dialogue"

• Parthasarathi, Prasannan. "The State of Indian Social History"

  Part III: Central Issues

• Charle, Christophe. "Contemporary French Social History: Crisis or Hidden Renewal?"

• Linden, Marcel van der. "Gaining Ground"

• Eustace, Nicole. "When Fish Walk on Land: Social History in a Postmodern World"

• Thane, Pat. "Social Histories of Old Age and Aging"

• Johnson, Walter. "On Agency"

• Tabili, Laura. "Race is a Relationship, and not a Thing"

  Part IV: Social History and Standard Topics

• Holt, Mack P. "The Social History of the Reformation: Recent Trends and Future Agendas"

• Censer, Jack Richard. "Amalgamating the Social in the French Revolution"

• Shapiro, Gilbert. "Recent Developments in Social History"

  Part V: New Topics and Historians

• Gassan, Richard. "Social History for Beginners: A 'Young Scholar' Looks at His New Profession"

• Smith, Mark Michael. "Making Sense of Social History"

• Allina-Pisano, Eric. "Resistance and the Social History of Africa"

• Carton, Benedict. "The Forgotten Compass of Death: Apocalypse Then and Now in the Social History of South Africa"

• Cronin, James E. "Memoir, Social History and Commitment: Eric Hobsbawm's Interesting Times"