{"product_id":"professionalization-of-history-in-english-canada","title":"Professionalization of History in English Canada","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe study of history in Canada has a history of its own, and its development as an academic discipline is a multifaceted one. \u003cem\u003eThe Professionalization of History in English Canada\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald 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 \u003cem\u003eCanadian Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistory'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220609618264,"sku":"9781442629295","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781442629295__676f3dc75aed8.jpg?v=1741158649","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/professionalization-of-history-in-english-canada","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}