 Benjamin L. Carp, Assistant Professor of History
Email: benjamin.carp@tufts.edu
Tel: (617) 627-2543
Education
- Ph.D. University of Virginia, 2004
- M.A. University of Virginia, 1999
- B.A. Yale University, 1998
Expertise
- Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early America
Awards
- Leverhulme Research Fellowship, 2005-2006
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2003-2004
- Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Humanistic Studies, 1998-1999
Selected Publications
- Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution, Oxford University Press, 2007
- "The Night the Yankees Burned Broadway: The New York City Fire of 1776,"
Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 4:2 (fall 2006), 471-511
- "Nations of American Rebels: Understanding Nationalism in Revolutionary North America and the Civil War South,"
Civil War History 48:1 (March 2002), 5-33
- "Fire of Liberty: Firefighters, Urban Voluntary Culture, and the Revolutionary Movement,"
William and Mary Quarterly 58:4 (October 2001), 781-818
Courses
- History 1.13: Massachusetts and the American Revolution
- History 82: Colonial North America
- History 83: Revolutionary America, 1763-1815
- History 84: Antebellum & Civil War America, 1815-1877
- History 187WW: Cities in Revolution: The Urban Experience of the American Revolution
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