A Woman in History Eileen Power, 18891940 [Paperback]

A compelling 1996 intellectual biography of Eileen Power, a major British historian who once ranked alongside Tawney, Trevelyan and Toynbee.Using letters, diaries and reminiscences, this text recreates the life of the major charismatic British historian. It describes, for the first time, the remarkable intellectual and scholarly achievements that ranked her alongside Tawney, Trevelyan and Toynbee.Using letters, diaries and reminiscences, this text recreates the life of the major charismatic British historian. It describes, for the first time, the remarkable intellectual and scholarly achievements that ranked her alongside Tawney, Trevelyan and Toynbee.This book is a fascinating biography of Eileen Power, a major British historian who once ranked in fame alongside Tawney, Trevelyan and Toynbee. Using letters, diaries and reminiscences, Maxine Berg recreates the life of this charismatic personality, describing, for the first time, Power's remarkable intellectual and scholarly achievements at a time when she was acting very much outside the female role. Power's ability, coupled with her vivid personality, made her history compelling reading and listening to a generation of students.List of illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Family and friends; 3. Becoming a historian - Paris, London and Cambridge 191020; 4. Travelling east; 5. Women, peace and medieval people; 6. The LSE, economic history and the social sciences 192140; 7. Love, marriage and careers; 8. Eileen Power's medieval history; 9. World history and the end of the world; 10. Clio, a muse; Bibliography. Readers who are interested in women in the historical profession, in the emergence of economic history as an important field of study, or in the history of higher education in the UK should find this book of value. Choice This is a fine biography of Eileen Power....Berg's book is extremely valuable as a model of analysis of the world of academic scholarship and it is also a lively, engrossing biograplcb