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Abstract:
The different levels of motion in historical time defined by Fernand Braudel influenced the concepts of stable growth and structural change of the French Regulation School, which are underpinned by the Braudelian concept of longue durée. This paper attempts at drafting the development of the concept by placing focus on Earl H. Hamilton's work and Braudel's stance towards it. Braudel's 1958 Annales article: Histoire et Sciences Sociales: la longue durée, will be presented alongside a series of earlier versions of longue durée . It is an attempt to track some aspects of the transformation of the concept from the first into the second generation of the Annales. Further, the relevance of Hamilton's work as an influence to the Braudelian longue durée concept will be assessed.
