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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2008
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2008 63(4):455-466; doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrn024
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Is There a Rosenberg School?

Nancy Tomes* and Jeremy Greene**

Correspondence: * Nancy Tomes, Department of History, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-4348. Email: nancy.tomes{at}sunysb.edu

Correspondence: ** Jeremy Greene, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Email: jgreene2{at}partners.org


  Abstract

Since his first book The Cholera Years appeared in 1962, Charles Rosenberg has had an enormous influence on the history of medicine. Not the least of that influence has been exercised through his role as a graduate teacher, advisor, and mentor. This article compares Rosenberg's work with that of his students, to see if there is such a historiographic identity as the "Rosenberg School." The authors, two Rosenberg students from different generations, conclude that there is not such a school, at least in the classic sense of the term. Yet they argue that certain common assumptions, or "Rosenberg Rules," have been passed on from Rosenberg to the other scholars he has influenced. They also discuss the challenges they have encountered in applying Charles's conceptual framework, worked out primarily in pre-1920 terms, to the late twentieth-century history of American medicine.

Key Words: Charles E. Rosenberg • Roger Cooter • history of medicine • historiography • twentieth century • historical profession • United States


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