Biographical Information

• Associate Professor, specializing in the History of France, Economic History of Europe, Modern Europe
• A.B. 1969, Princeton
• M.Ph. 1973, Yale
• M.A. 1974, Yale
• Ph.D. 1978, Yale
• With the U of O since 1976

Major Publications

• The Social and Economic Foundations of Association among the Silk Weavers of Lyons, 1852-1870. 2 vols. (1981)
• "Esprit de quartier et formes de solidarite dans les mouvements sociaux et politiques des ouvries en soie de Lyon, 1830-1880" in Le Monde Alpin et Rhodanien: Revue Regionale d'Ethnologie (1991)
• "Corporatism, Association, and the Language of Labor in France, 1750-1850" Journal of Modern History (1986)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Humanities Travel Grants

Current Research and Writing

• The culture and society of 19th century Lyon silk weavers; French worker autobiography; and historical construction of Europe