John Merriman (1946–2022) was the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale University. He wrote and edited many works on French and European history, including, most recently, Ballad of the Anarchist Bandits: The Crime Spree that Gripped Belle Époque Paris; Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune; and The Dynamite Club: How a Bombing in Fin-de-SiÈcle Paris Ignited the Age of Modern Terror. Merriman won the 2017 American Historical Association’s Award for Scholarly Distinction for lifetime achievement.
"The work as a whole makes clear the passions that have driven
Merriman's work."-Jill Harsin, H-France "The work of Merriman
over the past half century, like that of his social history
colleagues, has enriched our study of the past enormously and, as
these essays suggest, we have good cause to celebrate his
achievement."-Malcolm Crook, French History “This beautiful
collection charts John Merriman’s trajectory from graduate student
to one of our finest historians. Merriman’s brilliant
autobiographical reflection is both evocative and hilarious; it
is imbued with his conviction that the best social history is
infused with first-hand, subtle familiarity with place and
culture.”-Peter McPhee, emeritus professor and former provost of
the University of Melbourne
“Leave it to John Merriman to treat us to his personal and
remarkable tour de France, which has taken him from Paris to
Limoges to Perpignan to Balazuc and back. To join Merriman on his
tour is to smell, touch, and taste the earthy terroir that has
created Francophiles for generations.”-James B. Collins, professor
of history at Georgetown University and author of The State in
Early Modern France
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