Caitlin A. Fitz
I am interested in early American history, in a broad and hemispheric sense. My dissertation explores the wave of enthusiasm for Iberian American independence that engulfed the United States between 1810 and 1830. My other work has examined social movements, politics, and diplomacy in the revolutionary and early national United States. Recent articles include:
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“‘Suspected on Both Sides’: Little Abraham, Iroquois Neutrality, and the American Revolution,” Journal of the Early Republic 28.3 (Fall 2008), 299-335
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“‘A Stalwart Motor of Revolutions’: An American Merchant in Pernambuco, 1817-1825,” The Americas 65.1 (July 2008), 35-62
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“The Tennessee Antislavery Movement and the Market Revolution, 1815-1835,” Civil War History 52.1 (March 2006), 5-40
I work with John Demos, Johnny Faragher, Joanne Freeman, and Stuart Schwartz, and I have done research in archives throughout Brazil, Spanish America, and the United States.
