History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2013 History
The concept of 'Total History' is associated with which one of the following schools of historical writing?
AMarxist School
BPositivist School
CAnnales School ✓ Correct
DSubaltern School
Correct answer: (C) Annales School — The concept of Total History is associated with the Annales School, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The concept of Total History is associated with the Annales School, so that is the answer.
★The Annales historians sought to write history in its fullest sense.
★They studied not only politics but also economy, society and mentalities.
★They drew on geography, sociology and many other fields.
★Fernand Braudel is especially linked with this total approach.
★The school took its name from a French journal founded in 1929.
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