Rebecca Jarvis Scott (born July 18, 1950) is an American historian, and Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law, at University of Michigan.
Rebecca J. Scott | |
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| Born | July 15, 1950 Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Education | Radcliffe College (BA) London School of Economics (MPhil) Princeton University (PhD) |
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| Institutions | University of Michigan |
Early life and education
editScott was born on July 18, 1950, in Athens, Georgia to parents Andrew and Anne Scott.[1] She graduated from Radcliffe College with an A.B., from the London School of Economics with an M.Phil. in economic history and from Princeton University with a Ph.D.[2]
Career
editAfter earning a MacArthur Fellowship in 1990,[2] Scott joined the faculty at the University of Michigan (UMich) where she founded the Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.[3] During this time, she co-wrote Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies with Frederick Cooper and Thomas C. Holt. The book explored the journey from slavery to freedom and how it impacted society.[4] In 2002, Scott was promoted to the Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at UMich[3] and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[5]
In 2008, Scott's book Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery received the Frederick Douglass Book Prize for the best book on slavery or abolition.[6] A few years later, she was appointed the University of Michigan's Henry Russel Lecturer, the university's highest honor for its senior faculty.[7]
Works
edit- Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of Emancipation, Authors Rebecca J. Scott, Jean M Hébrard, Harvard University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-6740-4774-7
- Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery, Harvard University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-674-01932-4
- Societies after Slavery, Editors Rebecca J. Scott, Thomas C. Holt, Frederick Cooper, Aims Mcguinness, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8229-5848-2
- Slave Emancipation in Cuba: The Transition to Free Labor, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8229-5735-5
- Beyond Slavery, Authors Frederick Cooper, Thomas Cleveland Holt, Rebecca Jarvis Scott, UNC Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-8078-4854-8
- "Exploring the Meaning of Freedom", The Abolition of slavery and the aftermath of emancipation in Brazil, Editor Rebecca Jarvis Scott, Duke University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8223-0888-1
- "Beyond Comparison and Case Study", Cuban studies since the revolution, Editor Damián J. Fernández, University Press of Florida, 1992, ISBN 978-0-8130-1124-0
References
edit- ^ "Scott, Rebecca J. 1950-". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rebecca J. Scott". macfound.org. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "Rebecca J. Scott named professor of law" (PDF). law.umich.edu. 2002. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ Northrup, David (December 2001). "Review of Beyond Slavery: Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies". The American Historical Review. 106 (5): 1753–1754. doi:10.2307/2692754. JSTOR 2692754. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Rebecca J. Scott". amacad.org. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Rebecca Scott's Degrees of Freedom wins multiple honors" (PDF). law.umich.edu. 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "One of U-M's Highest Honors Awarded to Prof. Rebecca Scott". law.umich.edu. 2012. Retrieved 26 Apr 2024.
External links
edit- Rebecca J. Scott publications indexed by Google Scholar