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Faculty ProfileDr. Jeff Horn
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Research and Scholarly Interests:Modern and early-modern French and western European history in the age of Revolution (1750-1850), especially the development of modern political culture and the meaning and impact of industrial society. History of industrialization. History of science and technology. Currently, Horn is at work on a new project entitled “the Privilege of Liberty” which explores how exemptions from taxes and duties were used to facilitate industrial development in early-modern France. Publications:Horn has published three books: "Qui parle pour la nation?" Les élections et les élus de la Champagne méridionale, 1765-1830 (Société des études robespierristes, 2004), The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830 (MIT Press, 2006, paperback edition, 2008), and The Industrial Revolution (Greenwood Press, 2007). An edited collection, (with Leonard N. Rosenband and Merritt Roe Smith) will appear with MIT Press in 2010 entitled Reconceptualizing the Industrial Revolution. Recent articles (since 2005) include: “La reception normand des négociations commerciales avec l’Angleterre 1801-2,” in Jean-Pierre Jessenne, Renaud Morieux, and Pascal Dupuy, eds., Les traités et les relations entre les peoples. Constructions, enjeux et réceptions : le cas franco-anglais (17173-1802) (Paris: Société des études robespierristes, 2008); “« Mille fusils par jour » : l’économie politique de la production militaire à Paris durant l’ère de la Terreur,” in Michel Biard, ed., Les politiques de la Terreur (Paris: Société des études robespierristes, 2008); and “The Privilege of Liberty: Challenging the Society of Orders,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the 2007 Annual Meeting 35; "Machine-breaking in England and France during the Age of Revolution," Labour/Le Travail (2005); "Enlightenment Science and the State: the Legacy of Charles Coulston Gillispie," Perspectives on Science (2005); “Marx was Right!: the Guilds and Technological Change,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the 2005 Annual Meeting 33 (2006); “Privileged Enclaves: Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Eighteenth Century France,” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the 2004 Annual Meeting 32 (2006); “Understanding Crowd Action: Machine-breaking in England and France, 1789-1817,” in Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the 2003 Annual Meeting 31 (2006); Previous articles and book chapters have appeared in: James R. Farr, ed., The Industrial Revolution in Europe (2002); French Historical Studies (2002); Proceedings of the Western Society for French History: Selected Papers of the 2000 Annual Meeting 28 (2002), 25 (1999), 24 (1997); Annales Historiques de la Révolution française (2001 and 1998); Jean-Pierre Jessenne, ed., Du Directoire au Consulat (2001); Journal of Urban History (2000); Technology and Culture (1998); Philippe Bourdin and Bernard Gainot, eds., La République directoriale: Actes du colloque de Clermont-Ferrand (22, 23 et 24 mai 1997) (1998); The Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850: Selected Papers, (1996, 1995, 1994); French History (1995) and History of European Ideas (1991). Book reviews have appeared in: American Historical Review, Metascience, History and Technology, English Historical Review, French History, Physics World, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, the Journal of Modern History, International Labor and Working-Class History, The Historian, The Canadian Journal of History, History of European Ideas, European Legacy, Schriftleitung Technikgeschichte, Business History Review and on H-France and H-Genocide. Other Activities:Horn is Director of the Manhattan College Holocaust Resource Center. From 2000-07, he served as Associate Director. In 2002, he edited Reflections of the Soul: My Holocaust Experiences by Martin Spett published by the Center. He also oversaw the creation of nine instructional DVDs featuring student interviews with survivors that are available free of charge to teachers. Horn is a member of Governing Council of the Western Society for French History (2007-10). Regular presentation of papers at scholarly conferences both in North America and in France. Courses Taught/Teaching:
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