Books by Dorinda Outram

This book, first published in 1984, examines the lifetime of Georges Cuvier, and in his constant and varying struggles to retain his position both as a politician and as a leading naturalist we find displayed almost all of the political tensions of Restoration France.

This book, first published in 1989, is an analysis of what changed in 1789 with the French Revolution and what contemporary life owes to the event, particularly with regards to the body and public life, as the revolutionary middle class set new ideals and behaviours.

Science, Enlightenment and Revolution brings together thirteen papers by renowned historian Dorinda Outram. It is important reading for scholars and students of early modern Europe, as well as those interested in the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and gender studies.