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Birn, Raymond Francis was born on May 10, 1935 in New York City. Son of Saul Albert and Celia (Markman) Birn.
( Birn's exceptionally well-written narrative covers the ...)
Birn's exceptionally well-written narrative covers the century and a half that preceded the French Revolution. The first section, "An Age of Crisis and Discovery (1648-1715)," treats the period between the Peace of Westphalia and the death of Louis XIV as a time of political experimentation, colonial exploitation, hardening social lines, economic regression, and scientific advance. The second section covers the period known retrospectively as the "Ancien Régime" (1715-1789). Eighteenth-century politics are viewed as replete with confrontation and conflict; and a broadened view of the Enlightenment emphasizes the significance of print culture, while also introducing the reader to sites of sociability such as academies, salons, Masonic lodges, and coffeehouses. This is the third edition, revised and expanded, of Crisis, Absolutism, Revolution: Europe 1648-1789, and new to it is an examination of European contact with Africa, the Americas, and South and East Asia. More attention is also paid to the slave trade, women, family life, religion, exploration, and the emergence of a civil society. It contains an index, 17 maps, and 20 illustrations.
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Birn, Raymond Francis was born on May 10, 1935 in New York City. Son of Saul Albert and Celia (Markman) Birn.
Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1956; Master of Arts, University Illinois, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1961.
Member faculty University Oregon, Eugene, since 1961, associate professor, 1966—1972, professor history, 1972—2001, professor emeritus, since 2001, head department, 1971—1978. Visiting professor École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales, Paris, 1992, College de France, Paris, 2001. With United States Army, 1959-1960, with United States Army Reserve, 1960-1966.
(COVERS THE RISE OF MODERN EUROPE AND COVERS, THE PEOPLE, ...)
( Birn's exceptionally well-written narrative covers the ...)
(An introduction to the political, socio-economic, and cul...)
Member advisory screening committee Council for International Exchange of Persons (Fulbright program), 1974-1976. Served with Army of the United States, 1959-1960. Member American History Association, Society French History Studies, American Society 18th Century Studies.
S. Saul Albert and Celia (Markman) B. Married Randi Ingebrigtsen, 1960 (divorced 1987). Married Joyce Griffith, 2008.
Children Eric Stephen B., Laila Marie Haney-O'Brien, Amy Swartz, Laurie Shepherd.