His main areas of research and teaching interest include the History of French Ruralism, French Colonial and Environmental History, the History of Tourism and Consumer Cultures, and War and Memory in Twentieth Century France. His first book, Enacting Brittany: Tourism and Culture in Provincial France, was published in 2012 by Ashgate. His second book was an edited collection entitled Place and Locality in Modern France, which was published in 2014 by Bloomsbury. Patrick’s current research examines the colonial dynamics of mobility, nature and culture in the Moroccan Atlas Mountains during the period of the French Protectorate. He also serves currently as North American Editor of Modern and Contemporary France, a UK-based journal of French Studies.