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Yale University Press (May 2019)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205152/european-seaborne... more Yale University Press (May 2019)
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205152/european-seaborne-empires
Advance Praise:
"For anyone keen to learn about the rise and development of Europe's overseas empires, this is the place to begin. Paquette has mastered a vast body of information to produce a splendid survey."—J. H. Elliott, author of Empires of the Atlantic World
“This book builds on an incredible grasp of comparative historiography and brings previously disparate literatures into conversation with one another. It is a sparkling piece of scholarship.”—Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
"Paquette masterly explores the interconnected history of five European seaborne empires. His book is an in-depth and comprehensive piece of transnational history, and a fundamental contribution to the comparative history of empires."—Pedro Cardim, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
"Beautifully written and thoughtfully argued by a leading historian, this text rethinks the history of the seaborne empires in fruitful and innovative ways. Paquette skillfully brings non-European actors to the fore and demonstrates the limitations of European ambition even as he illuminates its growing power."—Philippa Levine, University of Texas at Austin
"In a blend of lucid narrative and nuanced analysis, Paquette provides a superb synthesis of early modern imperialism. Sweeping across a vast geographical and cultural range, he demonstrates the vital contribution of Europe’s seaborne empires to global capitalism, and its consequences for peoples and environments across the world. A brilliant new starting point, highly recommended."—Anthony McFarlane, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick
"Paquette's masterful command of the scholarship provides the basis for a superb synthetic volume that fills a void in the literature. While focusing on bottom-up and trans-imperial forces that shaped empires, the book's fluid narrative gives due attention to multiple actors and centers of power. This is a remarkable accomplishment."—Roquinaldo Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania
"Leading us on an historical expedition that spans four centuries, five ‘empires’, six critical themes, and, of course, the entire globe, this nuanced and deeply-researched account of early modern European maritime expansion accomplishes a remarkable feat: to immerse its reader in an eminently accessible story of the making of overseas empire all the while revealing its great complexity and disrupting any number of its usual assumptions and expectations—not least of which is just how European, seaborne, or imperial one ought regard The European Seaborne Empires in the first place."—Philip J. Stern, Duke University
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Though the participation of France in the American Revolution is well established in the historio... more Though the participation of France in the American Revolution is well established in the historiography, the role of Spain, France’s ally, is relatively understudied and underappreciated. Spain's involvement in the conflict formed part of a global struggle between empires and directly influenced the outcome of the clash between Britain and its North American colonists. Following the establishment of American independence, the Spanish empire became one of the nascent republic's most significant neighbors and, often illicitly, trading partners. Bringing together essays from a range of well-regarded historians, this volume contributes significantly to the international history of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions.
https://www.routledge.com/Spain-and-the-American-Revolution-New-Approaches-and-Perspectives-1st/Paquette-Quintero-Saravia/p/book/9780367000554
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I have attached the introduction which Matthew Brown and I co-wrote below. The title is: "Introdu... more I have attached the introduction which Matthew Brown and I co-wrote below. The title is: "Introduction: Between the Age of Atlantic Revolutions and the Age of Empire. Europe and Latin America in the Axial Decade of the 1820s", pp. 1-28.
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Spain and the American Revolution, 2020
Gonzalo Quintero Saravia is the co-author of this essay. It is the introduction to our co-edited ... more Gonzalo Quintero Saravia is the co-author of this essay. It is the introduction to our co-edited book, Spain and the American Revolution (2020)
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Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, 2018
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Introduction to: "Report on the Agrarian Law (1795) and Other Writings." Edited and with an intro... more Introduction to: "Report on the Agrarian Law (1795) and Other Writings." Edited and with an introduction by Gabriel B. Paquette and Álvaro Caso Bello (London: Anthem Press, 2016), 1-29.
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History of European Ideas, 2015
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European History Quarterly, 2011
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English Historical Review, 2020
https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceaa195/5910654
This article exa... more https://academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ehr/ceaa195/5910654
This article examines Anglo-Portuguese relations in the middle of the nineteenth century, particularly conflicts over territorial claims in West and East Africa. It examines how these conflicts were de-escalated and why they did not tear asunder the long-standing, if asymmetrical, alliance between Britain and Portugal. After briefly surveying Anglo-Portuguese relations in the early modern period and in the first half of the nineteenth century, the article focuses on the way that conflicts were resolved through third-party arbitration between the 1850s and 1870s. Drawing on archival research in Portugal and Britain, the article contributes to the rich historiographies on informal empire, the partition of Africa, and the emergence of international law in the context of imperial conflict and collaboration.
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https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205152/european-seaborne-empires
Advance Praise:
"For anyone keen to learn about the rise and development of Europe's overseas empires, this is the place to begin. Paquette has mastered a vast body of information to produce a splendid survey."—J. H. Elliott, author of Empires of the Atlantic World
“This book builds on an incredible grasp of comparative historiography and brings previously disparate literatures into conversation with one another. It is a sparkling piece of scholarship.”—Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
"Paquette masterly explores the interconnected history of five European seaborne empires. His book is an in-depth and comprehensive piece of transnational history, and a fundamental contribution to the comparative history of empires."—Pedro Cardim, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
"Beautifully written and thoughtfully argued by a leading historian, this text rethinks the history of the seaborne empires in fruitful and innovative ways. Paquette skillfully brings non-European actors to the fore and demonstrates the limitations of European ambition even as he illuminates its growing power."—Philippa Levine, University of Texas at Austin
"In a blend of lucid narrative and nuanced analysis, Paquette provides a superb synthesis of early modern imperialism. Sweeping across a vast geographical and cultural range, he demonstrates the vital contribution of Europe’s seaborne empires to global capitalism, and its consequences for peoples and environments across the world. A brilliant new starting point, highly recommended."—Anthony McFarlane, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick
"Paquette's masterful command of the scholarship provides the basis for a superb synthetic volume that fills a void in the literature. While focusing on bottom-up and trans-imperial forces that shaped empires, the book's fluid narrative gives due attention to multiple actors and centers of power. This is a remarkable accomplishment."—Roquinaldo Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania
"Leading us on an historical expedition that spans four centuries, five ‘empires’, six critical themes, and, of course, the entire globe, this nuanced and deeply-researched account of early modern European maritime expansion accomplishes a remarkable feat: to immerse its reader in an eminently accessible story of the making of overseas empire all the while revealing its great complexity and disrupting any number of its usual assumptions and expectations—not least of which is just how European, seaborne, or imperial one ought regard The European Seaborne Empires in the first place."—Philip J. Stern, Duke University
https://www.routledge.com/Spain-and-the-American-Revolution-New-Approaches-and-Perspectives-1st/Paquette-Quintero-Saravia/p/book/9780367000554
The first modern translation of Jovellanos's Informe sobre la Ley Agraria (1795), along with several other writings pertaining to political economy.
This article examines Anglo-Portuguese relations in the middle of the nineteenth century, particularly conflicts over territorial claims in West and East Africa. It examines how these conflicts were de-escalated and why they did not tear asunder the long-standing, if asymmetrical, alliance between Britain and Portugal. After briefly surveying Anglo-Portuguese relations in the early modern period and in the first half of the nineteenth century, the article focuses on the way that conflicts were resolved through third-party arbitration between the 1850s and 1870s. Drawing on archival research in Portugal and Britain, the article contributes to the rich historiographies on informal empire, the partition of Africa, and the emergence of international law in the context of imperial conflict and collaboration.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205152/european-seaborne-empires
Advance Praise:
"For anyone keen to learn about the rise and development of Europe's overseas empires, this is the place to begin. Paquette has mastered a vast body of information to produce a splendid survey."—J. H. Elliott, author of Empires of the Atlantic World
“This book builds on an incredible grasp of comparative historiography and brings previously disparate literatures into conversation with one another. It is a sparkling piece of scholarship.”—Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
"Paquette masterly explores the interconnected history of five European seaborne empires. His book is an in-depth and comprehensive piece of transnational history, and a fundamental contribution to the comparative history of empires."—Pedro Cardim, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
"Beautifully written and thoughtfully argued by a leading historian, this text rethinks the history of the seaborne empires in fruitful and innovative ways. Paquette skillfully brings non-European actors to the fore and demonstrates the limitations of European ambition even as he illuminates its growing power."—Philippa Levine, University of Texas at Austin
"In a blend of lucid narrative and nuanced analysis, Paquette provides a superb synthesis of early modern imperialism. Sweeping across a vast geographical and cultural range, he demonstrates the vital contribution of Europe’s seaborne empires to global capitalism, and its consequences for peoples and environments across the world. A brilliant new starting point, highly recommended."—Anthony McFarlane, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Warwick
"Paquette's masterful command of the scholarship provides the basis for a superb synthetic volume that fills a void in the literature. While focusing on bottom-up and trans-imperial forces that shaped empires, the book's fluid narrative gives due attention to multiple actors and centers of power. This is a remarkable accomplishment."—Roquinaldo Ferreira, University of Pennsylvania
"Leading us on an historical expedition that spans four centuries, five ‘empires’, six critical themes, and, of course, the entire globe, this nuanced and deeply-researched account of early modern European maritime expansion accomplishes a remarkable feat: to immerse its reader in an eminently accessible story of the making of overseas empire all the while revealing its great complexity and disrupting any number of its usual assumptions and expectations—not least of which is just how European, seaborne, or imperial one ought regard The European Seaborne Empires in the first place."—Philip J. Stern, Duke University
https://www.routledge.com/Spain-and-the-American-Revolution-New-Approaches-and-Perspectives-1st/Paquette-Quintero-Saravia/p/book/9780367000554
The first modern translation of Jovellanos's Informe sobre la Ley Agraria (1795), along with several other writings pertaining to political economy.
This article examines Anglo-Portuguese relations in the middle of the nineteenth century, particularly conflicts over territorial claims in West and East Africa. It examines how these conflicts were de-escalated and why they did not tear asunder the long-standing, if asymmetrical, alliance between Britain and Portugal. After briefly surveying Anglo-Portuguese relations in the early modern period and in the first half of the nineteenth century, the article focuses on the way that conflicts were resolved through third-party arbitration between the 1850s and 1870s. Drawing on archival research in Portugal and Britain, the article contributes to the rich historiographies on informal empire, the partition of Africa, and the emergence of international law in the context of imperial conflict and collaboration.
Ninth Annual Conference on the American Revolution
Spain and the American Revolution
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
June 8-10, 2018
Galvanized by these new forces and phenomena, the University Oregon’s Office of the Provost (OtP) will host an online conference devoted to Academic Freedom and the Public University on October 14, 2022. Building on the University’s public defense of academic freedom, we invite faculty and administrators from the PAC-12 (comprised of R1 public universities in the West) and other colleges and universities in the Pacific Northwest to participate. This conference will focus on external interference from politicians, civil society, and the media that constrain or impede the faculty exercise of its academic freedom. In addition to stimulating vigorous discussion, both within and across universities, this conference aims to identify institutional strategies, policies, and practices that successfully promote, bolster, and protect the faculty’s academic freedom.
https://provost.uoregon.edu/academic-freedom/conference
Invited speakers are: Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra (Austin, Texas), Nuria Valverde Pérez (Cuajimalpa), Gabe Paquette (Eugene, Oregon), José Enrique Covarubias (Mexico City), Carlos Rodrigo Sanhueza Cerda (Santiago de Chile), Glenn H. Penny (Iowa City), Lina M. del Castillo (Austin, Texas), Darina Martykánová (Madrid), Lothar Schilling (Augsburg), Jakob Vogel (Paris / Berlin), Sandra Carreras (Berlin), Pierre Nobi (Paris), Alexander van Wickeren (Köln), Fabricio Prado (Williamsburg, Virginia), Clément Thibaud (Paris), Mathieu Aguilera (Paris), Ulrich Päßler (Berlin), Helge Wendt (Berlin).
Public Keynote Lecture on December, 4 at the IAI:
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra (Austin, Texas)
Epistemological Colonialism: from Humboldt to the present (and back again)