Description
Huxley & Hiro and the Delaware Historical Societyย are thrilled to host author Richard Bell for a conversation about his latest book,ย The American Revolution and the Fate of the World!
About the Author:
Richard Bellย is a British-born, American-trained historian of the early United States. A professor of history at the University of Maryland, he has been an NEH Public Scholar and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, among other honors. His previous book,ย Stolen, was a finalist for the George Washington Prize and the Harriet Tubman Prize.
Book Description:
In this revelatory and enthralling book, award-winning historian Richard Bell reveals the full breadth and depth of Americaโs founding event. The American Revolution was not only the coloniesโ triumphant liberation from the rule of an overbearing England; it was also a cataclysm that pulled in participants from around the globe and threw the entire world order into chaos. Repositioning the Revolution at the center of an international web, Bellโs narrative ranges as far afield as India, Africa, Central America, and Australia. As his lens widens, the โWar of Independenceโ manifests itself as a sprawling struggle that upended the lives of millions of people on every continent and fundamentally transformed the way the world works, disrupting trade, restructuring penal systems, stirring famine, and creating the first global refugee crisis. Bell conveys the impact of these developments at home and abroad by grounding the narrative in the gripping stories of individualsโincluding women, minorities, and other disenfranchised people. The result is an unforgettable and unexpected work of American history that shifts everything we thought we knew about our creation story.
About the Moderator:
Zara Anishanslin is Associate Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware. She is the author of the award-winningย Portrait of a Woman in Silk: Hidden Histories of the British Atlantic Worldย and has served as a historical consultant for the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as “Hamilton: The Exhibition.” Her latest book,ย The Painter’s Fire:ย A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolutionย was released in July 2025 with Harvard University Press.
Books will be available for purchase and signing at the event.
All Ages
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