political history
Power through time
Political history is the study of governments, political movements, leaders, and the exercise of power over time.
It examines elections, legislation, wars, diplomacy, and the rise and fall of regimes.
Once the dominant approach to historical study, political history has been joined by social, cultural, and economic history, though it remains central to understanding how societies have been governed: Her dissertation focused on the political history of postwar Japan.
- democracyRule by the people
- governmentAuthority over a state
- founding fathersMale originators of institutions
- historiographyStudy of history-writing
- decolonizationEnding imperial control
elections · voting rights · liberalism · campaigns · civil rights movement · constitution · statecraft · federalism · nation state · independence movement · grass roots · republic · primary sources · regime · reform · nationalism · coup · power struggle
- political literaturegovernment documents, white papers, constitutional law, executive orders, party platforms
- historieschronicle, annals, historiography, biography, autobiography
- history educationtextbook, primary source, secondary source, lesson plans, curriculum standards
- Latin American historyindependence movements, encomienda, independence movement, dictatorships, banana republics
- political sciencevoting behavior, international relations, authoritarianism, public opinion, constitutionalism
- Roman studiesAugustus, Caesar, Cicero, emperors, consuls
political historysocial history
Study of ordinary lives
economic history · cultural history · art history · religious history · history of science
political historypolitical science
Study of governance systems
current affairs · contemporary politics · political theory · political analysis · political philosophy
political historysocial history
Study of ordinary lives
microhistory · labor history · women's history · oral history · local history
history, policy, politics, historical, political, politician, historian, polity, politically