Gail Lee Bernstein
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Professor
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Emerita of History
History
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at the University of Arizona
University of Arizona
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. She specializes in the history of Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
women, and is considered one of the pioneers in this field. Bernstein retired from full-time teaching in 2007.
Education
Dr. Bernstein studied under many of the pioneers of modern Japanese history, including Edwin O. ReischauerEdwin O. Reischauer
Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was the leading U.S. educator and noted scholar of the history and culture of Japan, and of East Asia. From 1961–1966, he was the U.S. ambassador to Japan.-Education and academic life:...
and Albert M. Craig
Albert M. Craig
Albert Morton Craig is an American academic, historian, author and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.-Early life:...
.
- B.A. 1959, Barnard CollegeBarnard CollegeBarnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
- M.A. 1961, Radcliffe CollegeRadcliffe CollegeRadcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
- Ph.D. 1968, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Selected works
- Haruko's World: A Japanese Farm Woman and Her Community (1985).
- Editor, Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945 (1991).
- Isami's House: Three Centuries of a Japanese Family (2005).
- Editor, Public Spheres, Private lives in Modern Japan, 1600-1950: Essays in Honor of Albert CraigAlbert M. CraigAlbert Morton Craig is an American academic, historian, author and professor emeritus in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.-Early life:...
(2005) - Japanese Marxist: A Portrait of Kawakami Hajime, 1879-1946 (1990).
- Changing Roles of Women in Rural Japan (1976)