Empire Ablaze - by Tom Cutterham (Hardcover)

Name: Empire Ablaze - by Tom Cutterham (Hardcover)
Brand: Verso
SKU: 1006824422
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In 1776, Britain is at war with American rebels.
About the Author: Tom Cutterham is an associate professor of United States history at the University of Birmingham, and the author of Gentlemen Revolutionaries: Power and Justice in the New American Republic.
176 Pages
History, United States

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In 1776, Britain is at war with American rebels. One man sets out to bring the empire down from within. Released on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Empire Ablaze tells the story of James Aitken -- housepainter, highwayman, and escaped indentured servant -- as he wandered the colonies on the eve of the American Revolution, and his dramatic mission to cripple the British navy by destroying Portsmouth dockyard and Bristol harbour. In the process, it explores how an emerging transatlantic working class experienced the transformation and crisis of Britain's eighteenth-century empire, and how enlightenment philosophy turned into popular ideas about the rights of ordinary people and the corruption of imperial authorities. Reframing the American Revolution as a British civil war, Empire Ablaze offers a fresh account of the United States' birth and the origins of radical politics in Britain, finding insights for the revolutionary struggles of our own crisis-ridden times.

About the Author

Tom Cutterham is an associate professor of United States history at the University of Birmingham, and the author of Gentlemen Revolutionaries: Power and Justice in the New American Republic. He has written for Jacobin, the Nation, and the New Republic, as well as a handful of scholarly journals.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W)

Weight: 1.25 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 176

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: United States

Publisher: Verso

Format: Hardcover

Author: Tom Cutterham

Language: English

Street Date: July 21, 2026

TCIN: 1006824422

UPC: 9781836741459

Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-6586

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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