Ruth Harris (historian)

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Harris, Ruth (1989). Murders and madness: medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN   978-0198229919.
  • Harris, Ruth (1999). Lourdes: body and spirit in a secular age. London: Allen Lane. ISBN   978-0713991864.
  • Harris, Ruth, ed. (2006). The Art of Survival: Essays in Honour of Olwen Hufton . Oxford: Oxford Journals. ISBN   978-0199208029.
  • Harris, Ruth (2010). The man on Devil's Island: Alfred Dreyfus and the affair that divided France. London: Allen Lane. ISBN   978-0713997309.
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    Ruth Harris

    FBA
    Born (1958-12-25) 25 December 1958 (age 63)
    NationalityAmerican
    TitleProfessor of Modern History
    Spouse
    (m. 1985)
    ChildrenTwo
    Awards Wolfson History Prize (2010)
    Fellow of the British Academy (2011)
    Academic background
    Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
    University of Oxford