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  John D French, Affiliated Faculty
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  John D FrenchAssociate Professor

Office Location:  223 Carr Building
Office Phone:  (919) 684-2536
Email Address:  send me a message
Web Page:   http://www.duke.edu/womstud/~jdfrench

Education:

  • PhD Yale University 1985
  • MA University of Pittsburgh 1978
  • BA (Magna cum laude) Amherst College 1975

Specialties:

Latin America
Caribbean, Brazil
19th and 20th Centuries
Gender
Politics
African diaspora
Transnational
Women
Research Interests:

John D. French is a Professor of History at Duke University whose specialties include labor and politics in Brazil and the rise of alt-global politics. His most recent books include Drowning in Laws: Labor Law and Brazilian Political Culture (2004) and the The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers (1997). “Another World Is Possible: The Rise of the Brazilian Workers’ Party and the Prospects for Lula’s Government,” Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas (2005) draws from a current book manuscript entitled Lula’s Politics of Cunning: From Trade Unionism to the Presidency in Brazil.

Curriculum Vitae
Recent Publications   (More Publications)
  1. J.D. French. "Understanding the Politics of Latin America’s Plural Lefts (Chávez/Lula): Social Democracy, Populism, and Convergence on the Path to a Post-Neoliberal World." Third World Quarterly 30:2 (March, March, 2009): 349-370. [01436590802681090]
  2. J.D. French, "Resenha de To Inherit the Earth: The Landless Movement and the Struggle for a New Brazil". Mundos do Trabalho :2 (2009): 282-285. [PDF]
  3. J.D. French. "Os Trabalhos Arquivísticos Voltado ao Mundo dos Trabalhadores: Avanços e Desafios em América Latina desde 1992." O Mundo dos Trabalhadores e seus Arquivos. Edited by José Antonio Marques & Inez Terezinha Stampa. 2009: 83-101. [PDF]