overview
James Rosenheim is a student of early modern British social and cultural history and author of two books on English landed society: The Townshends of Raynham and The Emergence of a Ruling Order . His current research focuses on the social and cultural status of the unmarried man in England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He served as director of the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research from 1998 to 2011.
education and training
- Ph.D. in History, Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1981
- M.A. in History, Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1978
- A.B. in History (magna cum laude), Harvard University - (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States) 1972
selected publications
Academic Articles17
- Rosenheim, J (2015). The Pleasures of a Single Life: Envisioning Bachelorhood in Early Eighteenth-Century England. Gender & History. 27(2), 307-328.
- James M. Rosenheim (2009). The Anglo-Dutch Favourite: The Career of Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland (1649–1709), and: Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context (review). Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700. 33(1), 43-46.
- Rosenheim, J. M (1997). Richard Grassby. The Business Community of Seventeenth-Century England. New York: Cambridge University Press. 1995. Pp. xxx, 615. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-43450-5.. Albion. 29(3), 482-484.
- Rosenheim, J. M (1996). The Origins of Middle-Class Culture: Halifax, Yorkshire, 1660-1780. John Smail. The Journal of Modern History. 68(4), 978-980.
- Rosenheim, J. M., & Weber, W (1995). The Rise of Musical Classics in Eighteenth-Century England: A Study in Canon, Ritual, and Ideology. Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 25(4), 683-683.
Books4
- Rosenheim, J. M (1998). The emergence of a ruling order English landed society, 1650-1750. Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd.
- Mock, D. B., Beier, A. L., Cannadine, D., & Rosenheim, J. M (1991). The First Modern Society: Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone.. JSTOR.
- Amussen, S. D., & Rosenheim, J. M (1991). The Townshends of Raynham: Nobility in Transition in Restoration and Early Hanoverian England. JSTOR.
Chapters4
- Rosenheim, J (2001). The political culture of the early eighteenth-century English gentry. Asch, R. G. (Eds.), Der europäische Adel im Ancien Régime von der Krise der ständischen Monarchien bis zur Revolution (ca. 1600-1789). 323-342. Bohlau Verlag.
- Rosenheim, J. M (1997). Landownership, the Aristocracy and the Country Gentry. Glassey, L. (Eds.), The Reigns of Charles II and James VII & II. 152-170. Macmillan Education UK.
- Rosenheim, J (1996). ‘Being taken notice of as engag’d in a party’: partisan occasions and political culture in Restoration Norfolk. Rawcliffe, C., Virgoe, R., & Wilson, R. (Eds.), Counties and communities essays on East Anglian history : presented to Hassell Smith. 259-274. Centre of East Anglian Studies.
- Rosenheim, J (1989). County governance and elite withdrawal in Norfolk, 1660-1720. Beier, A. L., Cannadine, D., & Rosenheim, J. (Eds.), The First Modern Society Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone. Cambridge University Press.
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recent teaching activities
- HIST213 History Of England Instructor
- HIST435 16th Century Britain Instructor
- HIST437 Eighteenth Cen Britain Instructor
- HIST476 Sex & Sexuality In Hist Instructor
- HIST481 Seminar In History Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Rutherford, Jeffrey F (2015-05). Evolution of a 'Literary Man': The 1723 Accounts of Edmund Herbert. (Master's Thesis)
- Schmidt, Elizabeth (2014-05). The Art of Cookery: A Culinary Search for Cultural and National Identity in Great Britain, 1750-1850. (Master's Thesis)
- Scamardo, Tara Marie (2006-08). Blurring boundaries: shifting perceptions of femininity in the context of the English Civil War. (Master's Thesis)
- Gillard, Shannon Elayne (2004-08). "The shame of our community": authors' views of prostitutes in late eighteenth century England. (Master's Thesis)
- Bilhartz, Jessica Lee (2003-05). Madness and the financial institution: Bethlem in the age of revolution and republic. (Master's Thesis)
Email
j-rosenheim@tamu.edu
First Name
James
Last Name
Rosenheim
mailing address
Texas A&M University; History; 4236 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4236
USA