Troy Bickham

Troy Bickham teaches at Texas A&M University and specializes in the history of Britain and its empire, particularly the Atlantic world, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His first book, Savages within the Empire (2005), explores how encounters and relations with American Indians affected British material, political, intellectual, and religious culture in the eighteenth century. His most recent book, Making Headlines: The American Revolution as Seen Through the British Press (2008), explores British reactions to the American Revolution. His current project examines the War of 1812 from an Atlantic perspective. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Lecture topics:

• American Indians in the British Imperial Imagination
• The American Revolution in Britain
• The American Revolution from a Global Perspective
• The War of 1812 from an Atlantic Perspective

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