Burke Chapter 3

Chapter 3 introduces us to Fernand Braudel,a French historian who published  The Mediterranean.  He approached history in three ways:  1.  He emphasized the significance of events and the limitations on the freedom of action of individual events.  He referred to events as "surface disturbances".  2.  The history of structures such as economic systems and states and 3. The history of man and his environment.  Braudel credits the Annales school for his inspiration.  Braudel  became director of the Annales.