| Degrees:
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B.A.
(Honours), University of British Columbia, 1965
Ph.D., University of London, 1970
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| Current
Position: |
Professor
of History, York University
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| Recent
Publications: |
[With D.M.G. Sutherland] “La révolution
française et l’économie rurale,” Histoire
& Mesure, XIV (1999), 79-120.
“How to Finance an Eighteenth-Century War,” in Ormrod,
W.M., Bonney, R. and Bonney M. (eds.), Crises, Revolutions and
Self-Sustained Growth: Essays in European Fiscal History (Stamford
[England], 1999), 377-413.
[With D.M.G. Sutherland] “What Can We Learn from Leases?
A Preliminary View”, Histoire & Mesure, XV, numéro
3 / 4 (2000), 289-320.
“Monetary Unification under the French Monarchy”,
in Crowley, P. (ed.) Before and Beyond EMU: Historical Lessons
and Future Prospects (London, Routledge, 2002), 42-68.
"Intendants," in Jonathan Dewald, ed. Europe 1450 to
1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, 6 vols, (New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004), v. 3, 277-280.
"Louis XV," in Jonathan Dewald, ed. Europe 1450 to 1789:
Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, 6 vols, (New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 2004), v. 3, 548-552.
"Louis XVI," in Jonathan Dewald, ed. Europe 1450 to
1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World, 6 vols, (New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004),v. 3, 552-554.
CD of documents “State and Society in France,
1589-1789”. [Translations from seventeenth and eighteenth-century
texts, including 560 pages of original translations by TJAL] (Toronto,
2001)
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| Papers
/ Lectures: |
“Monetary Unification
in France under the Monarchy”, The EURO in Comparative Context:
Monetary Unions Past, Present, and Future, Workshop sponsored
by the European Community Studies Association of Canada &
The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University,
4-5 March 1999
“État et clientélisme dans la France du XVIIIe
siècle.” Séminaire France - Histoire et sciences
sociales, Consulat-Général de France à Toronto,
26 November 1999.
"Death of a Stockbroker" participation in roundtable
session on French Economic History Today, 31st Annual conference,
Western Society for French History (Newport Beach, California),
1 November 2003.
"Croissance, crédit et comptabilité : la gestion
du patrimoine rural des hôpitaux de Dijon 1720-1840"
Conference on Production et productivité agricoles dans
le monde occidental (XIVe-XXe siècles) Institut National
de Recherches Agronomiques / École des Hautes Études
en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 18-20 December 2003. [invited conference]
"Les biens ruraux de l'Hôpital Général,
1700-1914", Colloque "L'hôpital et la ville",
8e centenaire de l'Hôpital de Dijon, 1 October 2004 [invited
conference]
"Mort d’un agent de change : État et Bourse
à Paris 1720-1781", Séminaire – Histoire
de l’Europe Moderne dir. Denis Crouzet, Université
Paris IV – Sorbonne, 11 April 2005.
"The Paris Bourse in the Eighteenth Century", Seminar
in Modern French History, University of London, Institute of Historical
Research, dir. P. Pilbeam, 9 May 2005.
"Fermages et fermiers en Bourgogne du Nord, 1700-1914",
Séminaire – Histoire économique et sociale
des campagnes (17e-20e siècles), dir. G. Béaur,
Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 10 June 2005.
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| Courses
taught recently: |
1999-2000:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 4320 - Topics in French History: State and Society
in Old Regime France: Course Director
• History 5320 - State and Society in Early
Modern France (MA/PhD seminar)
• History 6xxx - Ph.D. field preparation - Daphne Bonar
• History 6xxx - Ph.D. field preparation - Rachelle Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee - E. Henrich
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
2000-01:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 3300 - France Since Louis XIV: Course Director
• History 6xxx - Ph.D. field preparation
- Rachelle Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee - E. Henrich
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
2001-02:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 4320 - Topics in French History: State and Society
in Old Regime France: Course Director
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee
- E. Henrich
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. Thesis committee - R. Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
2002-2003:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 4320 - Topics in French History: State and Society
in Old Regime France: Course Director
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee
- E. Henrich
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. Thesis committee - R. Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
2003-2004:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 4320 - Topics in French History: State and Society
in Old Regime France: Course Director
• History 6xxx - Ph.D. field preparation
– Gregory Kennedy
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. Thesis committee - R. Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee - E. Henrich (successful
defense, June 2004)
2004-2005 (sabbatical):
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision – Gregory
Kennedy
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. Thesis committee - R. Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
2005-2006:
• History 2300 - Introduction to Modern Europe: Course Director
(responsible for all lectures)
• History 4320 - Topics in French History: State and Society
in Old Regime France: Course Director
• History 5051/Huma 6109: Cultural History – The French
Revolution: from Social Interpretation to Revisionism and Beyond
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision
– Gregory Kennedy
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis supervision - Daphne Bonar
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. Thesis committee - R. Longtin
• History 7xxx - Ph.D. thesis committee – J. Montgomery
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| Research
Interests: |
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French economic and social history, 1600 – 1900.
• Agriculture in France, 1600-1900
• French state finance in the old regime
• The Paris Bourse, 1650-1791
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| Awards/Grants:
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York University Research Development Fellowship 2002-2003
• York University Sabbatical Leave Fellowship 2004-2005
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