People's history
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A people's history, or history from below, is a type of historical narrative which attempts to account for historical events from the perspective of common people rather than leaders. There is an emph
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Georges Lefebvre
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Georges Lefebvre was a French historian, best known for his work on the French Revolution and peasant life. He is considered one of the pioneers of "history from below". He coined the phrase the "deat
People's history
…otherwise marginal groups. Arising in America in response to the development of social history in Europe, authors typically have a Marxist model in mind. Georges Lefebvre first used the phrase "histoire vue d'en bas et non d'en haut" (history seen from below and not from above) in 1932 when praising Albert Mathiez for…
Georges Lefebvre