Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos

Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (born 1949) is an Israeli historian who researches early modern Europe. As of 2020, she is an associate professor of history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.[1]

Biography

Krausman Ben-Amos is a social and cultural historian of early modern Europe, particularly early modern England. She studied for a BA and MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and she gained her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1986.[1] Her topics of interest include the history of childhood and family, networks, social interactions and reciprocity, gift exchange,[1] poverty, welfare and the history of the emotions.

Selected works

Books

• Adolescence and Youth in Early Modern England (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994).[2][3]
• The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, paperback edition, 2010).[4][5][6]

Research articles

• "Failure to Become Freemen: Urban Apprentices in Early Modern England," Social History Vol. 16, No. 2, May 1991
• "Gifts and Favors: Informal Support in Early Modern England," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 72, No. 2, June 2000

References

1. Prof. Ilana Krausman Ben Amos, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, retrieved 24 December 2020
2. Stanford Lehmberg (1995), "Adolescence and Youth in Early Modern England", History: Reviews of New Books, 23: 72–73, doi:10.1080/03612759.1995.9951005
3. John R. Gillis (1996), "Adolescence and Youth in Early Modern England. Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos", The Journal of Modern History, 68: 446–447, doi:10.1086/600781
4. Jonathan Healey (December 2009), "The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England", Reviews in History
5. Linda A. Pollock (2010), "The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England (review)", Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 40: 450–451
6. Norma Landau (2009), "Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos. The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England. (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories.)", The American Historical Review, 114: 1525–1526, doi:10.1086/ahr.114.5.1525

External links

• Prof. Ilana Krausman Ben Amos at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Faculty Page at Ben Gurion University of the Negev [in Hebrew]