History of the Department

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