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Gerald Friesen - Thinkers and Dreamers: Historical Essays in Honour of Carl Berger - 9781442641952 - V9781442641952
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Thinkers and Dreamers: Historical Essays in Honour of Carl Berger

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Description for Thinkers and Dreamers: Historical Essays in Honour of Carl Berger Hardback. These varied reflections aptly convey Berger's contributions to the study of Canadian history. Editor(s): Friesen, Gerald; Owram, Doug. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 photo. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.

Thinkers and Dreamers honours Carl C. Berger, professor of Canadian history at the University of Toronto for more than forty years and author of influential works on Canadian intellectual history. In this collection, Professor Berger's colleagues and former students explore the currents of intellectual life in North America since the mid-nineteenth century.

Broad in scope, the essays range in content from a commentary on works in intellectual history to analyses of the development of particular disciplines and distinctive cultural institutions. Several of the contributions provide sharp critiques of historical thought, including a discussion of professional scholarship and an analysis of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442641952
SKU
V9781442641952
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Ref
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About Gerald Friesen
Gerald Friesen is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Manitoba. Doug Owram is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Principal at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

Reviews for Thinkers and Dreamers: Historical Essays in Honour of Carl Berger
‘Thinkers and Dreamers illustrate the vibrancy of intellectual history… The essays, considered as a whole, represent an important contribution to Canadian intellectual history, a subfield whose contours Berger and the contributors to this festschrift have done so much to shape.’
Dennis McKim; H-Net List for Canadian History‘ September 19, 2011

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