Just What Was a Revolution Anyway?
1776, 1789, and Dan Edelstein's "The Revolution to Come"
Thomas Paine, Englishman
The American Revolution was an event in British history. Remembering the English roots of revolutionaries like Paine helps put the story in its transatlantic frame.
His Name is Alexander Hamilton
The man, the musical, and some recent books.
What I Do
I’m Tom Cutterham, and my job is to teach and research history at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I started this newsletter mainly to talk about a...