The Professionalization of History in English Canada 1st Edition by Donald Wright ISBN 978-1442629295 1442629295
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ISBN 10: 1442629295
ISBN 13: 978-1442629295
Author: Donald A. Wright
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.
Table of contents:
1 History as avocation
2 From avocation to vocation: the beginnings
3 ‘The post-1918 generation’: professionalization continued
4 ‘Mr. Newman, manifestly, is not a historian’: the amateurization of history
5 The importance of being sexist: the masculinization of history
6 Protecting scholarly independence: a professional imperative
7 ‘History cannot be too much professionalized’: professionalization reconsidered
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