Istoricheskiy sintez i Shkola "Annalov"

V knige vydayuschegosya otechestvennogo istorika-medievista, osnovatelya istoricheskoy antropologii v Rossii Arona Yakovlevicha Gurevicha rassmatrivaetsya problema isto­richeskogo sinteza. Eta problema predstavlyaetsya avtoru reshayuschey dlya ponimaniya Shkoly "Annalov" i veduschih tendenciy sovremen­noy istoricheskoy nauki. "Annalisty" postavili pered soboy za­dachu vyrabotki "global'noy" ("total'noy") istorii. Vozdeystvie idey etoy shkoly privelo k poyavleniyu celogo ryada novyh ob'ektov istoricheskogo issledovaniya. Istoriya povsednevnosti, istoriya pitaniya, zhilischa i t. p. perestali byt' istoriyami "byta nravov" i stali sostavnoy chast'yu "total'noy" istorii, social'noy i kul'­turnoy.