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English social historian 1926–2004
Harold James Perkin
Born 11 November 1926 Died 16 October 2004
Alma mater Discipline
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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
Hanley, Staffordshire , of humble origins. He attended
Hanley High School and won a scholarship to
Jesus College, Cambridge , from 1945, gaining a starred First Class degree in 1948. After
National Service in the
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 .
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Academic career
Perkin was a
lecturer in
social history at the
University of Manchester (1951–1965), then a
Senior Lecturer (1965–1967), a
Professor (1967–1984) in social history and Director of the centre for social history (1974–84) at the
University of Lancaster , and an
Emeritus Professor of History at
Northwestern University ,
Illinois (1985–1997). In addition, he held a visiting professorship at
Rice University and founded the
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.
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Publications
Perkin, H.J. (1969), New Universities in the United Kingdom, Case Studies on Innovation in Higher Education , Paris: OECD
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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
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'"Professor Harold Perkin (Obituary)" , The Times , 15 December 2004.
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David Cannadine,Harold Perkin Obituary, The Guardian, Saturday 23 October 2004.
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Jeffrey Richards, Professor Harold Perkin: Obituary [
dead link ] The Independent, 2 November 2004.
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In Memoriam: Harold Perkin, American Historical Association Obituary
^ Pamela Cox: "Social History 40 Years On", History Today Vol. 66/5, May 2016.
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Complete text in pdf
External links
Harold Perkin Entry at 'Making History' website, Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Accessed December 2011
Professional and academic associations
Preceded byCreation
Chair of the
Social History Society 1976–1991
Succeeded by
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