Robert Aldrich (historian)
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Life
After school Aldrich studied historyHistory
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at Emory University
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, where he received his undergraduate degree. Then he studied at Brandeis University
Brandeis University
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and gained a Master
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a and Ph.D.
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in history. Aldrich joined the faculty at University of Sydney
University of Sydney
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. He wrote several books on French colonialism in the Pacific and on the history of homosexuality
Homosexuality
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.
Works by Aldrich
- The French Presence in the South Pacific, 1842-1940. (1990)
- France's Overseas Frontier: Départements et Territoires d'Outre-Mer. (together with John Connell), (1992)
- France and the South Pacific since 1940. (1993)
- The Seduction of the Mediterranean: Writing, Art and Homosexual Fantasy. (1993)
- Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion. (1996)
- The Last Colonies. (1998)
- Who's Who in gay and lesbian history. (2001) (together with Garry Wotherspoon)
- Colonialism and Homosexuality.(2003)
- Vestiges of the Colonial Empire in France: Monuments, Museums and Colonial Memories. (2005)
- Gay Life and Culture: A World History , published by Thames & Hudson. (2006) (German translation: Gleich und Anders – Eine Globale Geschichte der Homosexualität, Murmann Verlag). (2007)
- The Age of Empires. published by Thames & Hudson. (2007)