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Corfield, Penelope Jane was born on September 4, 1944 in York, Yorkshire, England.
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Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850
(The modern professions have a long history that predates ...)
The modern professions have a long history that predates the development of formal institutions and examinations in the nineteenth century. Long before the Victorian era the emergent professions wielded power through their specialist knowledge and set up informal mechanisms of control and self-regulation. Penelope Corfield devotes a chapter each to lawyers, clerics and doctors and makes reference to many other professionals - teachers, apothecaries, governesses, army officers and others. She shows how as the professions gained in power and influence, so they were challenged increasingly by satire and ridicule. Corfield's analysis of the rise of the professions during this period centres on a discussion of the philosophical questions arising from the complex relationship between power and knowledge.
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Language, History and Class
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Book by Corfield, Penelope J. (ed)
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Penelope Jane Corfield
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Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1976.
Career
Lecturer in history, Bedford College, London, 1969-1985; lecturer in history, Royal Holloway, London, 1985-1995; professor of history, Royal Holloway, London, since 1995. Visiting professor Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 1994.
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Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850
(The modern professions have a long history that predates ...)
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Language, History and Class
(Book by Corfield, Penelope J. (ed))
- The Impact of English Towns
- Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850 by Penelope J Corfield (11-Nov-1999) Paperback
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Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850
Membership
Fellow Royal History Society, Society Antiquaries of London. Member Institute Learning and Teaching.
