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    William M. Reddy

  • William M. Reddy

  • William T. Laprade Professor of History; Professor of Cultural Anthropology
  • Cultural Anthropology
  • 314 Carr Building
  • Campus Box 90719
  • Phone: (919) 684-2497
  • Fax: (919) 681-7670
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  • Specialties

    • Cultural History
    • Gender
    • Medieval and Early Modern History
    • Intellectual History

  • Research Description

    My teaching responsibilities include European history, French history from the eighteenth century to the present, cultural theory (especially the joint methodological interests of historians and anthropologists). My research in the past has dealt with such issues as the social history of industrialization, comparative social history of the modern era, the history of emotions and gender identities in France since 1750, theories of culture, and theories of emotions.

  • Education

      • PhD,
      • History,
      • University of Chicago,
      • 1974

  • Selected Publications

      • W. M. Reddy.
      • (2001).
      • The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions.
      • Cambridge University Press.
      • W.M. Reddy.
      • (1997).
      • The Invisible Code: Honor and Sentiment in Postrevolutionary France, 1815-1848.
      • Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.
      • W.M. Reddy.
      • (1987).
      • Money and Liberty in Modern Europe: A Critique of Historial Understanding.
      • New York: Cambridge University Press.
      • W.M. Reddy.
      • (1984).
      • The Rise of Market Culture: The Textile Trade and French Society, 1750-1900..
      • New York: Cambridge University Press.
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