{"product_id":"empire-ablaze-the-american-revolution-and-the-atlantic-working-class-hardcover-1","title":"Empire Ablaze: The American Revolution and the Atlantic Working Class - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Cutterham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1776, while Britain wages war on American rebels, one man sets out to bring the empire down from within\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs revolution raged in North America, James Aitken - house painter, highwayman, and escaped indentured servant - wandered the colonies formulating a dramatic plan to cripple the British navy by destroying Portsmouth dockyard and Bristol harbour. He was determined to burn down the empire to hasten American independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this overlooked story of British insurrection and America's founding, historian Tom Cutterham explores how an emerging transatlantic working class experienced the transformation and crisis of Britain's eighteenth-century empire. Behind this new sense of class consciousness was the Enlightenment philosophy that had informed popular ideas about the universal rights and the corruption of imperial authorities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReframing the American Revolution as a British civil war, \u003ci\u003eEmpire Ablaze \u003c\/i\u003eoffers 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Cutterham\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor of United States History at the University of Birmingham and the author of \u003ci\u003eGentlemen Revolutionaries: Power and Justice in the New American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eJacobin\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as scholarly journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53761856995635,"sku":"9781836741459","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/2gBw901QGi9781836741459_03fa05d7-031a-427d-a6af-00e31d748733.webp?v=1785358384","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/empire-ablaze-the-american-revolution-and-the-atlantic-working-class-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}