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Goodreads "Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing" - Page 4

"To borrow from Wikipedia, "Microhistory is the intensive historical investigation of a well defined smaller unit of research (most often a single event, the community of a village, a family or a person)."
Strangely, the list is bloated with books about plagues, pestilence and parasites (including some human versions of the latter). The works are in descending order of ratings, NOT as in the Goodreads source list, which is ordered by number of votes. The long subtitles of some books have been brutally truncated by the List Challenges software.
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4,000+ ratings and at least 3 votes, except for a few extra personal choices as follows:
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
Measuring the World
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
A History of π
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (Jennifer Wright)
Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them (Jennifer Wright)
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Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History (Stephen Jay Gould)
Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History (Stephen Jay Gould)
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Daniel Yergin)
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Daniel Yergin)
124
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Charles Seife)
Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea (Charles Seife)
125
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Amy Stewart)
Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Amy Stewart)
126
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming (Mike Brown)
127
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony Th (Russell Shorto)
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony Th (Russell Shorto)
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (T.J. Stiles)
129
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Bee Wilson)
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat (Bee Wilson)
130
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives (Vicki Croke)
Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives (Vicki Croke)
131
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (David Cordingly)
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (David Cordingly)
132
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus (Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy)
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus (Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy)
133
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Barbara W. Tuchman)
134
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Paul Collins)
The Murder of the Century: The Gilded Age Crime That Scandalized a City & Sparked the Tabloid Wars (Paul Collins)
135
A History of the World in 100 Objects (Neil MacGregor)
A History of the World in 100 Objects (Neil MacGregor)
136
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (David Quammen)
The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions (David Quammen)
137
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed (John Vaillant)
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed (John Vaillant)
138
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Daniel Okrent)
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition (Daniel Okrent)
139
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (John Kelly)
The Great Mortality: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time (John Kelly)
140
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (Caroline Moorehead)
A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (Caroline Moorehead)
141
E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (David Bodanis)
E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation (David Bodanis)
142
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us (Tom Vanderbilt)
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do and What It Says About Us (Tom Vanderbilt)
143
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Kory Stamper)
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (Kory Stamper)
144
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It (Gina Kolata)
Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It (Gina Kolata)
145
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
Among the Thugs (Bill Buford)
146
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Benjamin Wallace)
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine (Benjamin Wallace)
147
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (Daniel Mendelsohn)
The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (Daniel Mendelsohn)
148
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America & the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (Simon Winchester)
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America & the Great California Earthquake of 1906 (Simon Winchester)
149
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II (Molly Guptill Manning)
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Ur Win World War II (Molly Guptill Manning)
150
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History (Molly Caldwell Crosby)
The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History (Molly Caldwell Crosby)
151
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Paul Greenberg)
Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food (Paul Greenberg)
152
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (Mario Livio)
The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number (Mario Livio)
153
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (Barbara W. Tuchman)
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam (Barbara W. Tuchman)
154
Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (Steve Almond)
Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (Steve Almond)
155
The Family That Couldn't Sleep (D. T. Max)
The Family That Couldn't Sleep (D. T. Max)
156
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Penny Le Couteur)
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History (Penny Le Couteur)
157
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy (Stephen Richard Witt)
How Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the Century, and the Patient Zero of Piracy (Stephen Richard Witt)
158
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 (Michael Capuzzo)
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 (Michael Capuzzo)
159
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (Tony Horwitz)
Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War (Tony Horwitz)
160
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium (Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger)
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium (Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger)
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