‘Post-modern’ local history of V. Skipp was formed by influence of post-modern history. Post-modern history, especially K. Jenkins denied objective reality of history and emphasized relativism. ‘Post-modern’ local history also emphasized relativism.
Academic local history, namely Leicester School has been developed by W. G. Hoskins and H. P. R. Finnberg at Leicester University since 1950. It studied local community, but could not define clearly relation between local community and national history. Skipp thought that realm of local history could be determined by relative perspective of local historian, therefore there was no absolute division between local history, national history and international history.
This relativism of Skipp was criticized by modernist historian Lawrence Stone and practical realist Appleby. Stone criticized textualism and relativism of post-modern history. Practical realist local historians were influenced by Realism of R. Keat and J. Urry and also criticized sceptical relativism of ‘post-modern’ local history.