The Professionalization of History in English CanadaUniversity of Toronto Press, 27.05.2015 - 280 Seiten 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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The post1918 generation professionalization continued | 52 |
Mr Newman manifestly is not a historian the amateurization of history | 82 |
The importance of being sexist the masculinization of history | 97 |
Protecting scholarly independence a professional imperative | 121 |
History cannot be too much professionalized professionalization reconsidered | 147 |
Conclusion | 171 |
NOTES | 175 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 243 |
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The Professionalization of History in English Canada Donald A. Wright Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |