PALMER, Bryan D(ouglas)

PALMER, Bryan D(ouglas). Canadian, b. 1951. Genres: Local history/ Rural topics, History. Career: State University of New York at Binghamton, lecturer in general studies, 1974; Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, assistant professor of history, 1977-79; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, assistant professor of history, 1979-81; Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, associate professor of history, 1981-84; Queen's University, associate professor, 1984-86, professor of history, 1986-. University of Victoria, visiting professor, 1984; Duke University, visiting professor at Center for International Studies, 1986; Beijing Normal University, visiting professor, 1992; lecturer at colleges and universities. Publications: A Culture in Conflict: Skilled Workers and Industrial Capitalism in Hamilton, Ontario, 1860-1914, 1979; The Making of E.P. Thompson: Marxism, Humanism and History, 1981; (with G.S. Kealey) Dreaming of What Might Be: The Knights of Labor in Ontario, 1880-1900, 1982; Working-Class Experience: The Rise and Reconstitution of Canadian Labour, 1800-1980, 1983, rev. ed. as Working-Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991, 1992; (ed. and contrib.) The Character of Class Struggle: Essays in Canadian Working-Class History, 1850-1985, 1986; Solidarity: The Rise and Fall of an Opposition in British Columbia, 1987; (ed.) A Communist Life: Jack Scott and the Canadian Workers' Movement, 1927-1985, 1989; Descent Into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History, 1990; E.P. Thompson: Objections and Oppositions, 1994; Goodyear Invades the Backcountry: The Corporate Takeover of a Rural Town, 1994, as Capitalism Comes to the Backcountry: The Goodyear Invasion of Napanee, 1994. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to journals. Address: Department of History, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6.