A História Social
seus significados e seus caminhos
Abstract
This article attempts to clarify and discuss some aspects related to the Social History, discussing the various uses and significances of this expression as a modality of historical knowledge. The aspects to be discussed are diverse, and include the objects, sources and approaches more common in this field. The article presents as principal reference the book named The Field of History, recently publicized by the author ant witch principal subject is to organize a panoramic view of the various fields in which ones the historical knowledge is divided nowadays, including the Social History and much other as the Political History, the Economic History, the Cultural History and the Micro-History.