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Worlds of Art: Painters in Victorian Society

Worlds of Art: Painters in Victorian Society Hardcover - 1990

by Gillett, Paula

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New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1990. 299 pages ; illustrations in color and in b&w. Broadening the understanding of English social and cultural history to include the role of contemporary art and artists, a role that the author believes has not been well understood or that has been overshadowed by other developments.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo.
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  • Title Worlds of Art: Painters in Victorian Society
  • Author Gillett, Paula
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 299
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Date 1990
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 002164
  • ISBN 9780813514598 / 0813514592
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89030373
  • Dewey Decimal Code 759.2

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About the author

Paula Gillett, American humanities educator. Summer fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1994, Mellon fellow Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University Texas, Austin, 1996. Project director New Faces of Liberty, San Francisco, 1985-1989. Member American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Background

Gillett, Paula was born on July 15, 1934 in New York City. Daughter of Ira and Sophie (Silvershein) Levy.

Education

Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1955. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1979.
Career

Project director Graduate School Education, University California, Berkeley, 1984-1989. Professor San Jose (California) State University, since 1989. Lecturer University California, Santa Cruz, 1979-1980.

Co-chair Committee on History in the Classroom, 1992-1996. Visiting scholar Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, 1996-1997.