Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos

Krausman Ben-Amos is a social and cultural historian of early modern Europe, particularly early modern England. She studied for a BA and MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and she gained her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1986.[1] Her topics of interest include the history of childhood and family, networks, social interactions and reciprocity, gift exchange,[1] poverty, welfare and the history of the emotions.

Books

• Adolescence and Youth in Early Modern England (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1994).[2][3]
• The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, paperback edition, 2010).[4][5][6]

Research articles

• "Failure to Become Freemen: Urban Apprentices in Early Modern England," Social History Vol. 16, No. 2, May 1991
• "Gifts and Favors: Informal Support in Early Modern England," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 72, No. 2, June 2000

• Prof. Ilana Krausman Ben Amos at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
• Faculty Page at Ben Gurion University of the Negev [in Hebrew]