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POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBA Securing the Spanish Main: British Subjecthood and the Peace of 1763

Bryan Rosenblithe, Columbia University
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Free

This talk examines the ways that political, economic, and military contests in the Floridas and Honduras during the era of the Seven Years War shaped imperial notions of British subjecthood. It also explores how questions related to who counted as a subject influenced British strategic thinking during a time of widely perceived Bourbon revanchism.