Harold Perkin
Harold James Perkin | |
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| Born | 11 November 1926 University of Lancaster |
Harold James Perkin (11 November 1926 – 16 October 2004) was a distinguished English social historian who was the founder of the
Social History Society
in 1976.
Background
Perkin was born in
RAF, he was rejected by his Cambridge college to study for a PhD. He began extramural history teaching from 1950 with the University of Manchester.[1][2][3][4]
Academic career
Perkin was a
Social History Society. Perkin was Chairman (1976–1991), and served as chief salary negotiator for the Association of University Teachers, of which he was later President. He was a distinguished, pioneering social historian, whose interests included transport.[5]
Publications
- Perkin, H.J. (1969), New Universities in the United Kingdom, Case Studies on Innovation in Higher Education, Paris: OECD[6]
- Perkin, H.J. (1969), Key Profession: History of the Association of University Teachers, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, ISBN 0-7100-6501-9
- Perkin, H.J. (1969), The Origins of Modern English Society 1780–1880, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, ISBN 0-7100-4567-0
- Perkin, H.J. (1970), The Age of the Railway, Panther Books, ISBN 978-0877493518
- Perkin, H.J. (1970), History (Outline), Law Book Co of Australasia, ISBN 0-7100-6814-X
- Perkin, H.J. (1976), Age of the Automobile, Quartet Books, ISBN 0-7043-2112-2
- Perkin, H.J. (1981), The Structured Crowd: Essays in English Social History, Harvester Books, ISBN 0-85527-413-1
- Perkin, H.J. (1989), The Rise of Professional Society, England Since 1880, London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-30178-5
- Perkin, H.J. (1996), The Third Revolution: Professional Elites in the Modern World, London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-14337-3
- Perkin, H.J. (2002), The Making of a Social Historian (autobiography), Athena Press, ISBN 978-1844010141
Television
Television shows for
Granada TV
- The Age of the Railway, 1970
- The Age of the Automobile, 1976
Both were later issued in book form.
References
- ^ '"Professor Harold Perkin (Obituary)", The Times, 15 December 2004.
- ^ David Cannadine,Harold Perkin Obituary, The Guardian, Saturday 23 October 2004.
- ^ Jeffrey Richards, Professor Harold Perkin: Obituary[dead link] The Independent, 2 November 2004.
- ^ In Memoriam: Harold Perkin, American Historical Association Obituary
- ^ Pamela Cox: "Social History 40 Years On", History Today Vol. 66/5, May 2016.
- ^ Complete text in pdf
External links
- Harold Perkin Entry at 'Making History' website, Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Accessed December 2011