SOCIAL HISTORY


Meaning of SOCIAL HISTORY in English

Branch of history that emphasizes social structures and the interaction of different groups in society rather than affairs of state.

An outgrowth of economic history, it expanded as a discipline in the 1960s. It initially focused on disenfranchised social groups but later began to focus more attention on the middle and upper classes. As a field, it often borders on economic history on the one hand and on sociology and ethnology on the other.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.