Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1. History as avocation 8
6. CHAPTER 2. From avocation to vocation: the beginnings 28
7. CHAPTER 3. ‘The post-1918 generation’: professionalization continued 52
8. CHAPTER 4. ‘Mr. Newman, manifestly, is not a historian’: the amateurization of history 82
9. CHAPTER 5. The importance of being sexist: the masculinization of history 97
10. CHAPTER 6. Protecting scholarly independence: a professional imperative 121
11. CHAPTER 7. ‘History cannot be too much professionalized’: professionalization reconsidered 147
12. Conclusion 171
13. Notes 175
14. Bibliography 243
15. Index 253