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        • I. Romance Languages in the Amherst Curriculum: 1824-55
        • II. William Montague: a nineteenth-century visionary
        • III. From the turn of the century to WWII
        • IV. The “New Curriculum” and the Post WWII Era
        • V. From 1985 to the present: A Renaissance in Romance Languages
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A Brief History of the Romance Languages at Amherst College

With special attention to French:

(A Reading of the Amherst College Catalogs, 1821-2003)


I. Romance Languages in the Amherst Curriculum: 1824-55

II. William Montague: a nineteenth-century visionary, 1855-1900

III. From the turn of the century to WWII

IV. The "New Curriculum" and the Post WWII Era

V. From 1985 to the present: A Renaissance in Romance Languages

VI. Works Cited

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