Patricia Herlihy
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Patricia Herlihy is an American historian and author specializing in Russian and Soviet history.[1]
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[edit] Early life
When Herlihy was six months old her recently divorced mother moved to China, where they lived for five years. During this time, she learned Chinese, German and some English.
In adolescence, she met her future husband, David Herlihy, and together they lived and studied in Naples, Pisa and Florence, and also lived in France for a year.[2]
[edit] Academic career
After returning to the United States, Herlihy taught Russian history at the Harvard University. In 1985 Herlihy visited Odessa, Ukraine, which would later be the subject of several books and articles by Herlihy.[2]
After returning to the United States, the Herlihys accepted tenured positions at Brown University, where she continues to work.[2] She also teaches at Emmanuel College.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Patricia Herlihy. The Watson Institute for International Studies. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
- ^ a b c Armistead, Caitlin (November 7 1997). "Prof Details Life Of A Married Woman In Academia". Brown Daily Herald (University Wire).
[edit] Works
[edit] Books
- Herlihy, Patricia (2002). The Alcoholic Empire: Vodka and Politics in Late Imperial Russia. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516095-9.
- Herlihy, Patricia (1987, 1991). Odessa: A History, 1794–1914. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-916458-15-6, hardcover; ISBN 0-916458-43-1, paperback reprint.
- Herlihy, Patricia (2003). Port Jews of Odessa and Trieste: A Tale of Two Cities (Jahrbuch des Simon-Dubnow-Instituts II). München: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. ISBN 3-421-05522-X.
- Kaufman, Bel; Oleg Gubar (Contributor), Alexander Rozenboim (Contributor), Nicholas V. Iljine (Editor), Patricia Herlihy (Editor). (2004). Odessa Memories. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-98345-0, hardcover.
[edit] Articles
- Herlihy, Patricia (1977). "The Ethnic Composition of the City of Odessa in the Nineteenth Century". Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 1 (1): 53–78.
- Herlihy, Patricia (1979–1980). "Greek Merchants in Odessa in the Nineteenth Century". Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University 3 (4): 399–420.
- Herlihy, Patricia (2002). Commerce and Architecture in Odessa in Late Imperial Russia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-6750-9, hardcover. In the book Commerce in Russian Urban Culture 1861–1914.
- Herlihy, Patricia; Gubar, Oleg. "The Persuasive Power of the Odessa Myth". Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University.
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