The Faculty

Paul B. Cheney

Professor of History and the College Paul B. Cheney

Area of Study

Department of History

Paul B. Cheney

Professor of History and the College

Professor Cheney is an historian of Europe with a specialization in old regime France and its colonial empire. The unifying element of his work is an interest in early modern capitalism, and in particular the problem of how modern social and political forms gestated within traditional society. 

Read more about Professor Cheney here.