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Goodreads "Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing" - Page 2

"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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Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach)
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (Mary Roach)
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Mary Roach)
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void (Mary Roach)
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Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik)
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Irin Carmon & Shana Knizhnik)
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Larson, Erik)
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (Larson, Erik)
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The Bookseller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad)
The Bookseller of Kabul (Asne Seierstad)
46
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (Adam Hochschild)
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The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe)
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic (Steven Johnson)
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic (Steven Johnson)
49
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (John Krakauer)
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town (John Krakauer)
50
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate (Peter Wohlleben)
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate (Peter Wohlleben)
51
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance (Edmund De Waal)
52
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts (Simon Garfield)
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts (Simon Garfield)
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Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of W (Mitchell Zuckoff)
Lost in Shangri-La: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of W (Mitchell Zuckoff)
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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the (Sam Kean)
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World From the (Sam Kean)
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Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)
Thunderstruck (Erik Larson)
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Nathaniel Philbrick)
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War (Nathaniel Philbrick)
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Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (Lawrence Wright)
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The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene: An Intimate History (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
59
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful I (S.C. Gwynne)
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful I (S.C. Gwynne)
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Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Giulia Enders)
Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ (Giulia Enders)
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
62
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Mary Roach)
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (Mary Roach)
63
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Eric Weiner)
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (Eric Weiner)
64
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune (Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.)
Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune (Bill Dedman & Paul Clark Newell Jr.)
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (Deborah Blum)
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The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (John M. Barry)
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (John M. Barry)
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The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness (The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration I)
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness (The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration I)
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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Stephen Greenblatt)
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (Stephen Greenblatt)
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Michael Moss)
Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us (Michael Moss)
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Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem (Simon Singh)
Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem (Simon Singh)
71
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá)
Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality (Christopher Ryan & Cacilda Jethá)
72
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
73
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic (Randy Shilts)
74
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (Niall Ferguson)
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (Niall Ferguson)
75
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy From Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Simon Singh)
76
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (King, Ross)
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture (King, Ross)
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A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Tom Standage)
A History of the World in 6 Glasses (Tom Standage)
78
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Michael Pollan)
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (Michael Pollan)
79
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War (Tony Horwitz)
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches From the Unfinished Civil War (Tony Horwitz)
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Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
Seven Years in Tibet (Heinrich Harrer)
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