Key Contemporary Thinkers Published Peter Burke, The French Hiitorzal Revolution: The Annales School, 1929-89 Christopher Hookway, Qaine: Language, Experience and Reality Chandran Kukathas and Philip Pestit, Raw: (A Theory of Jutice and its Crites Georgia Warnke, Gadamer: Hermeeatcr, Tradition and Resion Douglas Kellner, jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Pattmadernizm and Beyond Forthcoming Jocelyn Dunphy, Paal Riceerr Simon Evaine, Donald Davidson David Frisby, Walter Beniamix: Am Iniradacton ois Social Theory Andrew Gamble, Hayek and the Market Order Phillip Hansen, Hannah Arendt Adrian Hayes, Talore Parsons andthe Theory of Action Makiko Minow-Pinkey, Krista Michael Moriarty, Reland Barthes Hans-Peter Muller, Cuiture, Pover ad Class: The Social Theory of Pierre Baurdicw William Outhwaite, Habermar ‘Simon Schafer, Kab Geof Stokes, Papper Jonathan Wolff, Negick lan Whitehouse, Rerty The French Historical Revolution The Annales School, 1929-89 Peter Burke Polity Presseen Copyrighe © Peres Burke, 1990 Firs published 1990 by Polity Press 4 association with Bail Blackwell Falioralofce: Polity Press, 65 Bridge Steet, Cambridge CB21UR, UK Marketing and production: Basil Blickwell Led 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX¢ 1JP, UK AIL rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of erccism and review, ao part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored ia 4 retrieval system, of eansmitted, in any form oF by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording oF othervice, without the prior permission ofthe publisher [Except in the United States of Americ, this book i sold subject ro the condition thai shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, esd, hited out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher's prior consent In aay form of binding or eover other than that in which itis published snd without a similar condition inchuding this condition being imposed ‘on the subsequent purchaser ISBN 0 7456 0263.0 ISBN 07456 0264 9 (pbk) Brisish Library Cotaling in Pabliction Dat ACCP catalogue record fr this book is available fom ‘he British Library. ‘Typeset in 11 on 13 pt Garamond by Graphieraft Typererers Led, Hong Kong Prinved in Grest Britain by Billing and Sons Led,, Worcester Dy Contents ‘Acknowledgements Introduction 1. ‘The Old Historiogeaphical Regime and its Cries 2 The Founders: Lucien Febvee and Marc Bloch i The Barly Years i Strasbourg, iii ‘The Foundation of Ansales iv The Institutionalization of Amnaes 3. The Age of Braudel The Mediterranan i The Later Braudel iii ‘The Rise of Quenttacive History 3 2 8 534 The Third Generation i From the Cellar to the Attic ‘The “Thied Level” of Serial History iii Reactions: Anthropology, Politics, Narrative 5. The Annales in Global Perspective 1 The Reception of Annaler li Striking a Balance Glossary: The Language of Annales Notes Bibliography Index 6 a % 94 108 nm 13 148 Acknowledgements Ik goes without saying that chis study owes a good deal to conversations with members of the Anales group, aotably with ernand Braudel, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladutie, Jacques Le Goff, Miche! Vovelle, Kraysstof Pomian, Roger Chartier, and Jacques Revel, in Paris and also in more exotic locations, from the Ta} Mahal to Emmanuel College T should like to thank my wife, Maria Lica, my publisher, John Thompson, and Roger Chastier, for their comments on an ‘atler drafe of this study. I am also indebted to. Juan Maigu- ashea, who fired my enthusiasm for Annales, some chirty years go, and to dialogues with Alan Baker, Norman Birnbaum, John Bossy, Stuart Clark, Robert Darnton, Clifford Davies, Natalie Davis, Javier Gil Pujol, Carlo Ginzburg, Renajit Guha, Eric Hobsbawm, Gabor Klasiczay, Geoffrey Parker, Gwyn Prins, Carlos Martinez Shaw, Ivo Scher, Henk Westeling, and ‘others who have, ike myself ried to combine their involvement with Annalee with a measare of detachment from it