The Shadow of Enlightenment

Dr Theresa LevittAssistant Professor of History University of MississippiI received a B.S. in physics from M.I.T in 1993, an M.A. in history from Iowa State University in 1996, and then entered the History of Science program at Harvard. My work there was supported by a Fulbright Fellowship, a GSC research grant, the Javier Arango Award in the History of Science, a Frederick Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, and an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. I spent 6 months in a pre-doctoral research position at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science before completing my degree in 2002 and beginning my current position as Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of Mississippi.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. A Revolution in Representation ; 3. Le Rouge et le Vert: The Colors of Opposition in Restoration France ; 4. Astronomy: The Light of the Heavens ; 5. A Vital Matter: Light and Life ; 6. Light Paints Itself: The Conditions of Photographic Representation ; 7. Illuminate All Eyes: Colonial Markets and the Problem of Freedom ; 8. Conclusion

The strange and amazingly broad complementarity between Arago and Biot comes out very well in The Shadow of Enlightenment, which I recommend to all readers interested in nineteenth century France.