James A Leith
Biographic Data
| ID | 693673 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James A Leith |
| GIVEN NAMES | James A |
| FAMILY NAME | Leith |
| SIGNATURE | LEITH J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1962 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Aristocracy and its Enemies in the Age of Revolution by William Doyle
"Aristocracy and its Enemies in the Age of Revolution by William Doyle.." Canadian Journal of History, 46(3), pp. 674–675
The Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia , by John Gray
"The Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia, by John Gray.." Canadian Journal of History, 44(1), pp. 175–176
The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It , by David A. Bell
Naissance du pantheon: Essai sur le culte des grandes hommes
Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune.
The Terror: Adding the Cultural Dimension
I was asked in this talk to say something about how I became interested in the sort of research which has marked my career: the investigation of the relationship between the arts and politics, mainly in eighteenth-century France, but in other regimes as well. This interest in a sense was the indirect result of my Calvinist upbringing. My parents, North-of-Ireland evangelical Presbyterians, enforced a very strict regime. No one in my family was al…
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Architecture and Social Reform at the End of the Ancien Régime. Anthony Vidler
Space and Revolution: Projects for Monuments, Squares, and Public Buildings in France, 1789-1799.
This is an unconventional history of architecture during the French Revolution. It reveals how the French revolutionaries attempted to use architecture and urban planning to implant the ideals of the Revolution in the minds of the citizens of the new state. Their ultimate aim was to use the built environment to create a vast community across France in which citizens would be united by common symbols and shared rituals. More than 370 illustrations…
A Cultural History of the French Revolution
Boulevard Theater and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Paris
France 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolution , by D.M.G. Sutherland
"France 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolution, by D.M.G. Sutherland." Canadian Journal of History, 22(3), pp. 412–413
The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris . Richard A. Etlin
Reinterpreting the French Revolution
Rehearsing the Revolution: The Staging of Marat’s Death 1793-1797 , by Marie-Hélène Huet, translated by Robert Hurley
Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot ; by Michael Fried
Facets of Education in the Eighteenth Century
Images of the Commune: Images de la Commune
Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire
Leith James A. Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire . In: Annales historiques de la Révolution française, n°236, 1979. pp. 161-209
A Muse for the Masses: Ritual and Music in an Age of Democratic Revolution , by Conrad L. Donakowski
"A Muse for the Masses: Ritual and Music in an Age of Democratic Revolution, by Conrad L. Donakowski." Canadian Journal of History, 14(1), pp. 120–121
The Australian Colonists
This book is conceived of as the first in a series of four volumes on the social history of Australia. Although this series will range from the beginning of British settlement in 1788 down to recent times, it will look backward and forward from 25 April 1915, the day on which soldiers from Australia landed at Anzac Cove?named after the initials of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps?as part of a British and French force which was supposed t…
Peter Gay's Enlightenment
French Republican Pedagogy in the Year II
The French Revolution and the Schools: Educational Policies of the Mountain 1792-1794 , by Robert J. Vignery
"The French Revolution and the Schools: Educational Policies of the Mountain 1792-1794, by Robert J. Vignery." Canadian Journal of History, 3(2), pp. 96–97
French Revolution Documents , Volume I
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
New Perspectives on the French Revolution: Readings in Historical Sociology , edited by Jeffry Kaplow
"New Perspectives on the French Revolution: Readings in Historical Sociology, edited by Jeffry Kaplow." Canadian Journal of History, 2(2), pp. 97–98
Naissance du pantheon: Essai sur le culte des grandes hommes
Boulevard Theater and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Paris
The Terror: Adding the Cultural Dimension
I was asked in this talk to say something about how I became interested in the sort of research which has marked my career: the investigation of the relationship between the arts and politics, mainly in eighteenth-century France, but in other regimes as well. This interest in a sense was the indirect result of my Calvinist upbringing. My parents, North-of-Ireland evangelical Presbyterians, enforced a very strict regime. No one in my family was al…
Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire
Leith James A. Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire . In: Annales historiques de la Révolution française, n°236, 1979. pp. 161-209
Bertrand Barère: A Reluctant Terrorist
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
A Social History of the French Revolution
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799: A Study in the History of Ideas
One of the most modern features of the French Revolution was its intention of shaping a new kind of citizen by exposing him from childhood to inspirational messages and behavioral models. In this effort to regenerate the masses the French Revolutionaries sought to employ not only schools, but newspapers, festivals, dramas, poems, songs, paintings, statues, and engravings as well. At the peak of the Terror, French leaders brough tthe West to the t…
The Parisian Sans-Culottes and the French Revolution, 1793-94 Elbeuf during the Revolutionary Period: History and Social Structure
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799: A Study in the History of Ideas
French Revolution Documents , Volume I
Find information about UTP Journals. University of Toronto Press is Canada’s leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America, with particular strengths in the social sciences, humanities, and business. The Book Publishing Division is widely recognized in Canada for its strength in history, political science, sociology, Indigenous studies, and cultural studies. Internationally, UTP is a leading publisher of me…
New Perspectives on the French Revolution: Readings in Historical Sociology , edited by Jeffry Kaplow
"New Perspectives on the French Revolution: Readings in Historical Sociology, edited by Jeffry Kaplow." Canadian Journal of History, 2(2), pp. 97–98
French Republican Pedagogy in the Year II
The French Revolution and the Schools: Educational Policies of the Mountain 1792-1794 , by Robert J. Vignery
"The French Revolution and the Schools: Educational Policies of the Mountain 1792-1794, by Robert J. Vignery." Canadian Journal of History, 3(2), pp. 96–97
Peter Gay's Enlightenment
The Australian Colonists
This book is conceived of as the first in a series of four volumes on the social history of Australia. Although this series will range from the beginning of British settlement in 1788 down to recent times, it will look backward and forward from 25 April 1915, the day on which soldiers from Australia landed at Anzac Cove?named after the initials of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps?as part of a British and French force which was supposed t…
Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire
Leith James A. Les trois apothéoses de Voltaire . In: Annales historiques de la Révolution française, n°236, 1979. pp. 161-209
A Muse for the Masses: Ritual and Music in an Age of Democratic Revolution , by Conrad L. Donakowski
"A Muse for the Masses: Ritual and Music in an Age of Democratic Revolution, by Conrad L. Donakowski." Canadian Journal of History, 14(1), pp. 120–121
Facets of Education in the Eighteenth Century
Images of the Commune: Images de la Commune
Absorption and Theatricality: Painting and Beholder in the Age of Diderot ; by Michael Fried
Rehearsing the Revolution: The Staging of Marat’s Death 1793-1797 , by Marie-Hélène Huet, translated by Robert Hurley
Reinterpreting the French Revolution
The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris . Richard A. Etlin
Boulevard Theater and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Paris
France 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolution , by D.M.G. Sutherland
"France 1789-1815: Revolution and Counterrevolution, by D.M.G. Sutherland." Canadian Journal of History, 22(3), pp. 412–413
Space and Revolution: Projects for Monuments, Squares, and Public Buildings in France, 1789-1799.
This is an unconventional history of architecture during the French Revolution. It reveals how the French revolutionaries attempted to use architecture and urban planning to implant the ideals of the Revolution in the minds of the citizens of the new state. Their ultimate aim was to use the built environment to create a vast community across France in which citizens would be united by common symbols and shared rituals. More than 370 illustrations…
A Cultural History of the French Revolution
Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Architecture and Social Reform at the End of the Ancien Régime. Anthony Vidler
Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune.
History (20 works) · Art (18 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Art history (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Economic history (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (8 works)