The methodologies of social history: A critical survey and defense of structurism

Abstract
Presents a study on the methodologies of social history. Analysis of frameworks used by social historians; Social history as a science; Six main philosophical issues pertaining to the study of the history of society; Tasks of philosophy and methodological inquiries; Role of the choices and behavior of individuals in social change; Interrelationship of hypotheses, analogies, models, and general theories; Consideration of a traditional biographical history; Explanations of social structural change.