Background
Burns, Michael Thornton was born on December 30, 1947 in New York City. Son of Frank Xavier Burns and Mary Lou DeWeese.
( Michael Burns charts the rural impact of the two politi...)
Michael Burns charts the rural impact of the two political watersheds" of fin-de-siecle France--Boulangism and the Dreyfus Affair. Broadening our understanding of the early Third Republic, he investigates its intricate village life and shows how the deindustrialization of the countryside both upset and solidified rural cultures. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Burns, Michael Thornton was born on December 30, 1947 in New York City. Son of Frank Xavier Burns and Mary Lou DeWeese.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University of California at Los Angeles, 1976. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1981.
Teaching fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1979. Visiting director d'etudes Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1991. From assistant to associate professor Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1981-1993, professor of modern European history, Dana faculty fellow, 1993—2002, professor emeritus, since 2002.
Affiliate scholar Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Owner, operator Cambus-Kenneth cattle and Thoroughbred Horse Farm, since 2000. Advisory editor Blackwell's New Perspectives, Oxford, England, 1995-2001, Encyclopedia of French-American Relations, since 2001.
Consultant WGBH Western Traditions, Boston, 1986-1987, The Jewish Museum, Dreyfus Affair, New York City, 1987. Awards panel member Phi Beta Kappa, Washington, 1994-1995.
( Michael Burns charts the rural impact of the two politi...)
Volunteer Holyoke Therapeutic Riding, Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1992-1993. Board directors Five College Public School Ptnrship, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1988-1992, Bluegrass Conservancy, Lexington, Kentucky, since 2002, Kentucky Center Arts, Louisville, 2004—2009. Member Thoroughbred Club of America, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, Kentucky Cattlemen's Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Topham Kennan, June 8, 1986. 1 stepchild: Frank Alexander Kennan.