About James Leith JAMES A. LEITH is a graduate of the University of Toronto and of Duke University. He has taught at the University of Saskatchewan and at Queen's University, where he is at present an Associate Professor of French History. Books by James Leith The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799 A Study in the History of Ideas by (author) James Leith The Idea of Art as Propaganda in France, 1750-1799 A Study in the History of Ideas by (author) James Leith