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        1. 1. Though often opposed rhetorically, I think macro-histories and micro-histories have a dialectical relationship.
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        2. That is, a spate of "big" histories usually generates a round of criticism that shows the renewed need for "small" histories.
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      3. For example, recent "big" histories of slavery by @Ed_Baptist, Johnson pivot on the experience, testimony of the enslaved.
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    4. Criticisms of that work (both fair & unfair) express skepticism about claims re: individual testimony & experience.
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      5. The result is a renewed imperative to do the micro historical recovery work seen in books like that of @arothmanhistory.
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        6. Macro- & micro- approaches to history of slavery are "antithetical," then, in the dialectical sense not the logical sense.
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          7. Indeed, maybe the better way to see "microhistory" and "macrohistory" is as "call" and "response."
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