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John G. Reid - Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979: A Historian's Biography - 9780802080172 - V9780802080172
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Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979: A Historian's Biography

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Description for Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979: A Historian's Biography hardcover. In this probing biography, John G. Reid examines Barnes's life as a female historian, providing a revealing glimpse into the gendered experience of professional academia in that era. Series: Studies in Gender and History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: BG; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.

Viola Florence Barnes was one of the most prominent women historians in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in 1885, Barnes was educated at Yale University and began teaching at Mount Holyoke College in 1919. She was an instrumental member of the 'imperial school' of historians, who interpreted North American colonial history within a British imperial framework. Specializing in New England and Canada's Maritime provinces, her best-known book was The Dominion of New England, published in 1923.

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Viola Florence Barnes was cited as one of 100 'outstanding career women' in the United States in 1940. The later years of her life were marked by difficulty and disillusionment, as she tried in vain to have her last book published. Yet, despite retiring in 1952, Barnes remained an active scholar almost to the time of her death in 1979. This exhaustive work is the first biography of Barnes – a major figure in the study of North American history.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Gender and History
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802080172
SKU
V9780802080172
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About John G. Reid
John G. Reid is a professor in the Department of History and a senior fellow at the Gorsebrook Research Institute at Saint Mary's University.

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