Janet Oppenheim (1948–1994) was an American

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. Oppenheim was born in

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. In 1975, she received her PhD in history from

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. She worked as a professor of history at

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. She is most well known for her scholarly works on British life in the 19th century. She was the author of the book ''The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914'' (1985) which received positive reviews.Vogeler, Albert R. (1986). ''The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914 by Janet Oppenheim''. Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2. pp. 323-324.

Publications

* ''The Nationalization of Culture: The Development of State Subsidies to the Arts in Great Britain'' (published under the name Janet Minihan, 1977) * ''The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914'' (

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, 1985) * ''"Shattered Nerves" : Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England'' (

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, 1991)

Footnotes

1948 births 1994 deaths American women historians 20th-century American historians Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni American University faculty 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American writers {{US-historian-stub