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Who Tells Your Story? Microhistory And Historical Biography, Stellarose B. Emery Apr 2023

Who Tells Your Story? Microhistory And Historical Biography, Stellarose B. Emery

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The historical method of microhistory is a small discipline that is often disputed on whether autobiography and biography are forms of microhistory; using the life of Father Richard T. McSorley as a reference, this paper seeks to address how both forms of narrative are microhistories and how they influence legacy.