Birn, Raymond Francis

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BIRN, Raymond Francis

BIRN, Raymond Francis. American, b. 1935. Genres: History, Intellectual history. Career: University of Oregon, Eugene, instructor to assistant professor, 1961-66, associate professor, 1966-72, head, Dept. of History, 1971-78, professor, 1972-2001, professor emeritus of history, 2001-. Eighteenth-Century Studies, advisory editor, 1974-84, board of editors, 1999-2002; French Historical Studies, board of editors, 1977-80; College de France, visiting professor, 2001. Publications: Pierre Rousseau and the Philosophes of Bouillon, 1964; Crisis, Absolutism, Revolution: Europe 1648-1789/91, 1977, 2nd ed., 1992; (ed.) The Printed Word in the Eighteenth Century, 1984; Forging Rousseau: Print, Commerce, and Cultural Manipulation in the Late Enlightenment, 2001. Address: Dept of History, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]