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A Social History of the Social Science History Association during Its Early Years

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Lynn Hollen Lees
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Abstract

Social historians formed an important part of the Social Science History Association from its early days, and they widened its intellectual space beyond initial emphases on political history and quantitative methods. Lee Benson and other faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Charles and Louise Tilly, were particularly influential in attracting a broad mix of scholars to the group. The openness of the association and its interdisciplinarity appealed to younger scholars, and those interested in the “new urban history” were early recruits. A growing number of women, many of whom were social historians, participated in the first conventions and newly organized networks.

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Social Science History , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , Winter 2016 , pp. 575 - 581
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Copyright © Social Science History Association, 2016 

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