The gender of history : men, women, and historical practice / Bonnie G. Smith.
The gender of history : men, women, and historical practice / Bonnie G. Smith.
The gender of history : men, women, and historical practice / Bonnie G. Smith.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N907.2/162
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English
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Physical content
viii, 306 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Gender and the Mirror of History -- 1. The Narcotic Road to the Past -- 2. The Birth of the Amateur -- 3. What Is a Historian? -- 4. The Practices of Scientific History -- 5. Men and Facts -- 6. High Amateurism and the Panoramic Past -- 7. Women Professionals: A Third Sex? -- 8. Modern...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Bonnie Smith shows how the practices of history, and indeed its very definition, were shaped by gender. Smith resurrects the amateur history written by women in the nineteenth century - a type of history condemned as trivial by "scientific" male historians. She demonstrates the degree to which the profession defined itself in opposition to amateuri...
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The gender of history : men, women, and historical practice / Bonnie G. Smith.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-298) and index.
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N907.2/162
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74VvVXy0yjE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvVXy0yjE3
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0674002040 (pbk.)
9780674341814 (alk. paper)
0674341813 (alk. paper)
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9780674002043 (pbk.)
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907.2
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991010071519702626
