Tom Cutterham
@tomcutterham.bsky.social
Historian of class and capital in the American Revolution. *Empire Ablaze* out in summer 2026. Previously, *Gentlemen Revolutionaries* https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172668/gentlemen-revolutionaries
Incredible, congratulations!
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Incredible, congratulations!
Reposted by Tom Cutterham
If you claim “rights” as a citizen that other citizens can’t claim, or rights as a person that other people don’t have, you don’t have rights, you just have privileges
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you claim “rights” as a citizen that other citizens can’t claim, or rights as a person that other people don’t have, you don’t have rights, you just have privileges
Thanks Saima! There's a strong Bristol angle too so I'm hoping to do an event there some time!
October 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thanks Saima! There's a strong Bristol angle too so I'm hoping to do an event there some time!
Oh, and I think British readers can put your pre-orders in for the book already, too, if you want! www.waterstones.com/book/empire-...
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October 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Oh, and I think British readers can put your pre-orders in for the book already, too, if you want! www.waterstones.com/book/empire-...
If you want to read more about Aitken and his world, about the multiple crises of the age of revolution, and sometimes about the crises of our own time too, I'm starting a free newsletter (ok, it's a blog) and I'd love you to sign up: buttondown.com/cutterham
October 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If you want to read more about Aitken and his world, about the multiple crises of the age of revolution, and sometimes about the crises of our own time too, I'm starting a free newsletter (ok, it's a blog) and I'd love you to sign up: buttondown.com/cutterham
Next year will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. There'll be a lot published about the American Revolution. But most of it probably won't centre the perspectives of working people on both sides of the Atlantic, including the British workers who embraced the American cause.
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Next year will be the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. There'll be a lot published about the American Revolution. But most of it probably won't centre the perspectives of working people on both sides of the Atlantic, including the British workers who embraced the American cause.