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History and Philosophy
Prof James Livesey
B.A., M.A. (NUI), AM PhD (Harvard)
Contact Details
Vice President: Research & Innovation
E: JLivesey@nuigalway.ie
E: JLivesey@nuigalway.ie
Biography
Peer Reviewed Journals
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| (2019) | 'An Alternative Genealogy for Global Capitalism: The Rhine Becomes an Inland Sea 1792-1815'
James Livesey (2019) 'An Alternative Genealogy for Global Capitalism: The Rhine Becomes an Inland Sea 1792-1815'. Critical Historical Studies, 6 (2):223-245 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2017) | 'James T Kloppenberg. Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought. New York: Oxford UP, 20116'
James Livesey (2017) 'James T Kloppenberg. Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought. New York: Oxford UP, 20116'. American Historical Review, 122 (2):467-470 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2015) | 'Berkeley, Ireland and eighteenth-century Intellectual history'
James Livesey (2015) 'Berkeley, Ireland and eighteenth-century Intellectual history'. Modern Intellectual History, 12 (2):453-473 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2014) | 'The Politics of Fiscal Privilege in Provence by Rafe Blaufarb'
James Livesey (2014) 'The Politics of Fiscal Privilege in Provence by Rafe Blaufarb'. Journal of Modern History, 86 (4):920-921 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2013) | 'Free Trade and Empire in the Anglo-Irish Commercial Propositions of 1785'
James Livesey (2013) 'Free Trade and Empire in the Anglo-Irish Commercial Propositions of 1785'. Journal of British Studies, 52 (1):103-127 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2013) | 'The Fall of the Catholic Cosmopolitan: Charles O'Conor and the Catholic Debate on the Act of Union'
James Livesey (2013) 'The Fall of the Catholic Cosmopolitan: Charles O'Conor and the Catholic Debate on the Act of Union'. Britain and the World, 6 (2):152-170 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'Overture to revolution: the 1787 Assembly of Notables and the crisis of France's old regime'
James Livesey (2012) 'Overture to revolution: the 1787 Assembly of Notables and the crisis of France's old regime'. French Studies, 66 (4):565-566 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'London by the Light of Montpellier: Scientific Networks Between Northern Europe, Britain and the Languedoc 1680-1789'
James Livesey (2010) 'London by the Light of Montpellier: Scientific Networks Between Northern Europe, Britain and the Languedoc 1680-1789'. Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, 4 :85-102 [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal, edited by Jack Green and Philip D Morgan'
James Livesey (2010) 'Atlantic History: A Critical Appraisal, edited by Jack Green and Philip D Morgan'. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 38 (3):510-512 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Les r\'eseaux de cr\'edit en Languedoc au XVIII si\`ecle et les origines sociales de la R\'evolution'
James Livesey (2010) 'Les r\'eseaux de cr\'edit en Languedoc au XVIII si\`ecle et les origines sociales de la R\'evolution'. Annales Historiques de la Revolution Francaise, n/a (359):29-51 [Details] |
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| (2010) | 'Reimagining Politics after the Terror: the Republican Origins of French Liberalism, by Andrew Jainchill'
James Livesey (2010) 'Reimagining Politics after the Terror: the Republican Origins of French Liberalism, by Andrew Jainchill'. Social History, 35 (3):355-356 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2009) | 'Sans-Culottes:: an Eighteenth-Century Emblem in the French Revolution, by Michael Sonenscher'
James Livesey (2009) 'Sans-Culottes:: an Eighteenth-Century Emblem in the French Revolution, by Michael Sonenscher'. American Historical Review, 114 (3):843-844 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2009) | 'The Limits of Terror: the French Revolution, Rights and Democratic Transition'
J. Livesey (2009) 'The Limits of Terror: the French Revolution, Rights and Democratic Transition'. Thesis Eleven, 97 (1):64-80 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2009) | 'Living the French Revolution, 1789-99 by Peter McPhee'
James Livesey (2009) 'Living the French Revolution, 1789-99 by Peter McPhee'. French Studies, 63 (3):346-347 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2005) | 'Botany and Provincial Enlightenment in Montpellier: Antoine Banal P\`ere and Fils 1750-1800'
J. Livesey (2005) 'Botany and Provincial Enlightenment in Montpellier: Antoine Banal P\`ere and Fils 1750-1800'. History of Science, 43 (1):57-76 [Details] |
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| (2004) | 'A revolutionary career? Fran\c cois de Neufch\^ateau does well by doing good, 1774-1794'
James Livesey (2004) 'A revolutionary career? Fran\c cois de Neufch\^ateau does well by doing good, 1774-1794'. French History, 18 (2):173-195 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (2004) | 'The Dublin Society in eighteenth-century Irish political thought'
James Livesey (2004) 'The Dublin Society in eighteenth-century Irish political thought'. Historical Journal, 47 (3):615-640 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (1997) | 'Agrarian Ideology and Commercial Republicanism in the French Revolution'
James Livesey (1997) 'Agrarian Ideology and Commercial Republicanism in the French Revolution'. Past and Present, 157 (1):94-121 [DOI] [Details] |
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| (1997) | 'Speaking the Nation: Radical Republicans and the Failure of Political Communication in 1848'
James Livesey (1997) 'Speaking the Nation: Radical Republicans and the Failure of Political Communication in 1848'. French Historical Studies, 20 (3):459-480 [Details] |
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| (1996) | 'An Irish Theologian in Enlightenment France: Luke Joseph Hooke,1714-96 by Thomas O'Connor'
James Livesey (1996) 'An Irish Theologian in Enlightenment France: Luke Joseph Hooke,1714-96 by Thomas O'Connor'. Irish Historical Studies, 30 (118):278-279 [Details] |
Books
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2020) | Provincializing Global History: Money, Ideas and Things in the Languedoc, 1680-1830.
James Livesey (2020) Provincializing Global History: Money, Ideas and Things in the Languedoc, 1680-1830. : Yale University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication | |
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| (2014) | 'From Athens to Paris: The Legislative Assembly and Democracy in the Summer of 1792'
James Livesey (2014) 'From Athens to Paris: The Legislative Assembly and Democracy in the Summer of 1792' In: Athenian Legacies. Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki. [Details] |
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| (2012) | 'A kingdom of cosmopolitan improvers: The Dublin Society, 1731-1798'
James Livesey (2012) 'A kingdom of cosmopolitan improvers: The Dublin Society, 1731-1798' In: The Rise of Economic Societies in the Eighteenth Century. Palgrave Macmillan. [Details] |
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| (2004) | 'Improving justice: Communities of norms in the Great Transformation'
James Livesey (2004) 'Improving justice: Communities of norms in the Great Transformation' In: Markets in Historical Contexts. Cambridge University Press. [Details] |
