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The Professionalization of History in English Canada
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The Professionalization of History in English Canada Hardcover - 2005

by Wright, Donald A

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University of Toronto Press, 2005. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New - An Unread Copy - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Study Of History In Canada Has A History Of Its Own, And Its Development As An Academic Discipline Is A Multifaceted One. The Professionalization Of History In English Canada Charts The Transition Of The Study Of History From A Leisurely Pastime To That Of A Full-Blown Academic Career For University-Trained Scholars - From The Mid-Nineteenth To The Late Twentieth Century. Donald Wright Argues That Professionalization Was Not, In Fact, A Benign Process, Nor Was It Inevitable. It Was Deliberate. Within Two Generations, Historians Saw The Creation Of A Professional Association - The Canadian Historical Association - And Rise Of An Academic Journal - The Canadian Historical Review. Professionalization Was Also Gendered. In An Effort To Raise The Status Of The Profession And Protect The Academic Labour Market For Men, Male Historians Made A Concerted Effort To Exclude Women From The Academy. History's Professionalization Is Best Understood As A Transition From One Way Of Organizing Intellectual Life To Another. What Came Before Professionalization Was Not Necessarily Inferior, But Rather, A Different Perspective Of History. As Well, Wright Argues Convincingly That Professionalization Inadvertently Led To A Popular Inverse: The Amateur Historian, Whose Work Is Often More Widely Received And Appreciated By The General Public.
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  • Title The Professionalization of History in English Canada
  • Author Wright, Donald A
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 2nd Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 270
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto
  • Date 2005
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 006858
  • ISBN 9780802039286 / 0802039286
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.79 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects History - Study and teaching (Higher) -, Historiography - Canada - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 907.207

Summary

This book studies the professionalization of history in English Canada from the late nineteenth century to the early 1960s. Among its topics are the masculinization of history (that is, the deliberate exclusion of women from the profession) and the amateurization of history (that is, the self-conscious effort to erect boundaries between who could and could not practice history). In addition, this book studies the relationship between historians and American granting agencies.

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