- Tennessee, United States
Christopher P Magra
University of Tennessee Knoxville, History, Faculty Member
- Colonial America, Atlantic World, Atlantic history, The Age of Revolutions in the Atlantic World, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Economic History, and 89 moreMaritime History, Maritime Piracy and Transnational Criminal Organizations, Maritime, Maritime Piracy, Maritime and Oceanic History, Fish Ecology, Fish and Marine Ecology, Fishing Technology, Naval History, Naval Warfare, British naval history, United States Naval History, Naval, American Revolution, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), American Revolutionary ideology, Eighteenth-Century British History and the American Revolution, Britain and American Revolution, American History Revolutionary War, American Revolution and Early State Building, American Revolution, Civil War, American Revolutionary War, Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early American Republic, American Revolution in Popular Culture, Labor History and Studies, Labor History (U.S. history), Business History, History of Capitalism, Political Economies of Capitalism, Imperialism/Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy, Capitalism, Varieties of Capitalism, Global Capitalism, History, European History, Social History, Military History, American History, Political History, Food History, Cultural History, British History, Colonial (American History), Early American History, Early North America, Early Modern History, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Eighteenth Century Trade, Eighteenth Century Studies, Eighteenth Century, Naval Impressment, International Trade, Commerce, Early Modern Britain, Bermuda, American Colonies, English America, American Civil War, Fishing, Indigenous Livelihood, Fish Species, Fishing Policy, Livelihood Shift, WTO, CRZ, Open Access, Pollution, Sand Dredging, Mangroves, Fishermen, James Otis, Writs of Assistance, John Adams, Thomas Hutchinson, England, Taxation, Fourth Amendment, Search, Law, Judicial review, Rhetoric, Fisheries Biology, Fish population dynamics, Biology on Shrimps, Open water Fisheries Management, Conservation of Aquatic Resources, Shipping, Ports, and Globalizationedit
- Chris Magra is Professor of Early American history at the University of Tennessee. His research explores the Atlanti... moreChris Magra is Professor of Early American history at the University of Tennessee. His research explores the Atlantic dimensions of the American Revolution. He has been a research fellow at the David Library of the American Revolution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the University of Tennessee’s Humanities Center. He has presented research papers at academic forums in Canada, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Early America and the Atlantic World.edit
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The American Revolution was deeply moored in Atlantic matters. Dramatic events on and around the Atlantic Ocean shaped the contours of this formative event. British naval impressment supported the rise of Great Britain’s seaborne... more
The American Revolution was deeply moored in Atlantic matters. Dramatic events on and around the Atlantic Ocean shaped the contours of this formative event. British naval impressment supported the rise of Great Britain’s seaborne empire, then it contributed to its decline.
The state appropriated free laborers to man the warships that defended overseas colonies and maritime commerce. Mariners resented the ways in which impressment jeopardized their earning potential and occupational mobility. Maritime employers were bitter about the detrimental effect of manpower losses on trade.
British press gangs took mariners into military service around the Atlantic World. Why, then, did impressment only contribute to a revolution in North America? Extensive new archival research demonstrates that a sea of shared resentment and particular American concerns about imperial policy changes largely explain why impressment is listed in the Declaration of Independence as one of the foremost grievances Americans had with the British government.
The state appropriated free laborers to man the warships that defended overseas colonies and maritime commerce. Mariners resented the ways in which impressment jeopardized their earning potential and occupational mobility. Maritime employers were bitter about the detrimental effect of manpower losses on trade.
British press gangs took mariners into military service around the Atlantic World. Why, then, did impressment only contribute to a revolution in North America? Extensive new archival research demonstrates that a sea of shared resentment and particular American concerns about imperial policy changes largely explain why impressment is listed in the Declaration of Independence as one of the foremost grievances Americans had with the British government.
Research Interests: History, Economic History, British History, Colonial America, Maritime History, and 17 moreBusiness History, Atlantic World, Naval History, Revolutions, British Empire, American Revolution, United States History, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, Atlantic history, History of the British Empire, Maritime, Declaration of Independence, Naval Impressment, Revolution, Early American History, and Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic)
In the first book-length examination of the connections between the commercial fishing industry in colonial America and the American Revolution, Christopher Magra places the origins and progress of this formative event in a wider Atlantic... more
In the first book-length examination of the connections between the commercial fishing industry in colonial America and the American Revolution, Christopher Magra places the origins and progress of this formative event in a wider Atlantic context. The Fisherman's Cause utilizes extensive research from archives in the United States, Canada, and the U.K. in order to take this Atlantic approach. Dried, salted cod represented the most lucrative export in New England. The fishing industry connected colonial producers to transatlantic markets in the Iberian Peninsula and the West Indies. Parliament's coercive regulation of this branch of colonial maritime commerce contributed to colonists' willingness to engage in a variety of revolutionary activities. Colonists then used the sea to forcibly resist British authority. Fish merchants converted transatlantic trade routes into military supply lines, and they transformed fishing vessels into warships. Fishermen armed and manned the first American navy, served in the first coast guard units, and fought on privateers. These maritime activities helped secure American independence.
Research Interests: Management, History, American History, European History, Military History, and 72 moreCultural History, Economic History, Social Movements, Naval Tactics, Naval Tactics (Military Science), Supply Chain Management, Early Modern History, International Business, British History, Social Networking, International Law, Colonial America, Maritime History, International Trade, Business History, Maritime Law, Atlantic World, Naval Warfare, Labor History (U.S. history), Naval History, British Politics, Maritime Human Factors, Imperial History, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth Century Trade, Colonialism, Food History, Maritime Routes, Early Modern England, Early Modern Europe, Colonial (American History), History of Capitalism, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Political History, Law of the Sea, Maritime Policy, Shipping, Capitalism, Early Modern Era, British Empire, Political Economies of Capitalism, Imperialism/Colonialism, Racism, and Patriarchy, Colonial and Imperial (British) Legal History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Early Modern Britain, American Revolution, Social History, Early Modern Americas, Military and Politics, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, Empire, Early North America, Maritime and Oceanic History, History of the British Empire, Eighteenth Century, Naval History (History), United States Naval History, Imperialism, Maritime, Labor History, Labor, Early American History, British naval history, Eighteenth Century Studies, Maritime Studies, Naval, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Executive Mba, Ports, Ports & Maritime Security, Marketing on the Shipping Industry, and International Operation In Maritime & Shipping Industry
This thesis analyzes efforts among frontier settlers of Upper East Tennessee to resist particular elements of state-craft from the 1750s until 1820. Building on the work of James C. Scott, this study suggests that some residents of the... more
This thesis analyzes efforts among frontier settlers of Upper East Tennessee to resist particular elements of state-craft from the 1750s until 1820. Building on the work of James C. Scott, this study suggests that some residents of the area may have resisted acceding to what they considered the negative aspects of residing within state sovereignty. These included, taxation, land enclosure, organized religion, and regulation of economic activity. Analyzing from outside the lens of the state, this study attempts to explore why organized government remained largely ineffective and widely disregarded in the Upper East Tennessee region even as governance rapidly and effectively took hold both in the Tidewater and central piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina, as well as middle Tennessee and Kentucky. The topography of the region, coupled with the anti-state stratagems the settlers adopted, enabled the area to retain a dimension of practical autonomy
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Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Early Modern History, British History, and 37 moreColonial America, Maritime History, Atlantic World, Naval History, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth Century Radicalism, Colonialism, Colonial (American History), Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Political History, Shipping, Early Modern Era, British Empire, Early Modern Britain, American Revolution, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, The Age of Revolutions in the Atlantic World, Early Modern Political Thought, Atlantic history, Empire, Early North America, History of the British Empire, Eighteenth Century, Naval History (History), Imperialism, Maritime, American Revolutionary ideology, Mobs, Riots, and Revolutionary Crowds, Early American History, British naval history, Eighteenth Century Studies, Early Modern Atlantic World (1500-1815), Naval, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), and Ports
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, and 33 moreFamily studies, Genealogy, British History, Colonial America, Maritime History, Atlantic World, Labor History (U.S. history), Eighteenth Century History, Family, Early Modern Europe, Colonial (American History), Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Shipping, Friendship Studies, Early Modern Era, History of the Family, Early Modern Britain, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Friendship, Atlantic history, Family history, Eighteenth Century, New England (History), Maritime, Labor History, Labor, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Ports, Massachusetts History, and Heraldic
Research Interests: History, American History, Military History, Early Modern History, Colonial America, and 19 moreMaritime History, Business History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Eighteenth Century History, Colonial (American History), Early Modern Era, American Revolution, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, Early North America, New England (History), United States Naval History, Early American History, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Eighteenth-Century British History and the American Revolution, 17th & 18th Century New England History, and American History Revolutionary War
Research Interests: History, American History, Economic History, Early Modern History, Colonial America, and 19 moreMaritime History, Atlantic World, Labor History (U.S. history), Eighteenth Century History, Shipping, Early Modern Era, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, Atlantic history, Eighteenth Century, Maritime, Labor History, Labor, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, Commercial fishing, Ports, and Massachusetts History
Research Interests: Religion, Comparative Religion, History, American History, European History, and 29 moreCultural History, Early Modern History, History of Religion, British History, Colonial America, Maritime History, Atlantic World, Labor History (U.S. history), Eighteenth Century History, American Religion, Early Modern Europe, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Shipping, Early Modern Era, Early Modern Britain, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Magic and the Occult (Anthropology Of Religion), Witchcraft, Religion and Magic, Early Modern Catholicism, Atlantic history, Eighteenth Century, Maritime, Seafarers, Labor History, Labor, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, and Ports
Research Interests: History, Early Modern History, Colonial America, Maritime History, Labor History (U.S. history), and 18 moreEighteenth Century History, Colonial (American History), Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Shipping, Early Modern Era, American Revolution, Social History, Labor History and Studies, Early Modern economic and social history, Early North America, New England (History), Maritime, American Revolutionary ideology, Early American History, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Ports, Massachusetts History, and 17th & 18th Century New England History
Research Interests: History, American History, Economic History, Marine Biology, Early Modern History, and 40 moreColonial America, Maritime History, Marine Ecology, Atlantic World, Eighteenth Century History, Nineteenth Century United States, Marine Aquaculture, Early Modern England, Early American Republic, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Marine Conservation, Political History, Early Modern Era, Fish Biology, North Atlantic archaeology, Early Republic--American History, Early Modern Britain, Social History, Marine Science, Fish Reproduction, Marine biodiversity, United States History, Early Modern economic and social history, Fish Ecology, Aquaculture, Atlantic history, 19th and 20th Century United States, Fish and Marine Ecology, Fish Physiology, Marine and Fisheries Policy, Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management, Climate Impacts to Fisheries, Ecosystem Modelling, Marine, Early American History, Early Modern Atlantic World (1500-1815), Marine Biology and Oceanography, Traditional Fisheries, and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
Research Interests: History, European History, Cultural History, Economic History, Latin American Studies, and 29 moreJewish Studies, Latin American and Caribbean History, Early Modern History, Maritime History, International Trade, Maritime Law, Atlantic World, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth Century Trade, Slavery, History of Slavery, Jewish History, Caribbean History, Maritime Routes, Caribbean Studies, Shipping, Early Modern Era, Social History, Early Modern economic and social history, Latin America (History), West Indies (History), Atlantic history, Merchants, Dutch History, History of Customs and Smuggling, Latin America, Maritime, Smuggling, and Ports
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Research Interests: Naval Engineering, History, European History, Military History, Early Modern History, and 24 moreBritish History, Colonial America, Maritime History, Atlantic World, Naval History, Eighteenth Century History, Colonialism, Early Modern Europe, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, History of Canada, Survey Methodology, Early Modern Era, British Empire, Early Modern Britain, Social History, History of Imperialism, Atlantic history, Empire, Early North America, Survey, Imperialism, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, and Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic)
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Military History, Early Modern History, and 18 moreNineteenth Century Studies, Sovereignty, Eighteenth Century History, Nineteenth Century United States, Colonialism, Early Modern Europe, Political History, Nineteenth Century British History and Culture, United States In The World, British Empire, History of Imperialism, United States History, Nineteenth Century, 19th and 20th Century United States, Empire, Imperialism, War of 1812, and The War of 1812
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, Medieval History, Early Modern History, and 15 moreBritish History, Maritime History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Eighteenth Century History, Early Modern England, Early Modern Europe, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Shipping, Early Modern Era, Early Modern Britain, Social History, Maritime, Eighteenth Century Studies, and Ports
Research Interests: History, American History, Cultural History, Social Anthropology, Women's History, and 40 moreEarly Modern History, British History, Human Rights, Democratic Theory, Colonial America, Religion and Politics, Political Ecology, Civic Education, Anarchism, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth Century Radicalism, Development anthropology, Colonial (American History), Early American Republic, Comparative Constitutional Law, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Political History, Biography, Philosophy of Criminal Law, Early Republic--American History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), American Revolution, Social History, Early Modern Intellectual History, Participatory Democracy, Seventeenth and eighteenth-century women writers, women moral philosophers, Food Sovereignty, Early North America, Radical Democracy, Eighteenth Century, American Revolutionary ideology, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Radical Political Economy, Anarchist Economics, Contemporary Liberalism, Anti Capitalist Social Movements, Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention, and Early Modern English Political Philosophy
Research Interests: History, American History, Military History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, and 16 moreBritish History, Colonial America, British Politics, Colonialism, Colonial (American History), Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, British Empire, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), American Revolution, Social History, Empire, Insurgency, Imperialism, American Revolutionary ideology, Early American History, and Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic)
Research Interests: Management, Marketing, Finance, History, American History, and 25 moreEconomic History, Early Modern History, Maritime History, International Trade, Eighteenth Century History, Early Modern Europe, Early American Republic, Shipping, Mediterranean, United States In The World, Early Modern Era, Early Republic--American History, United States History, International trade law, Early Modern economic and social history, Commerce, Maritime, Seafarers, Port cities, Early American History, Accounts, Islands, Insularity, Ports, and Trade Routes
Research Interests: History, Cultural History, 17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy, Travel Writing, Early Modern History, and 19 moreBritish History, World History, Colonialism, Cosmopolitanism, Early Modern England, Early Modern Europe, Travel Behaviour, Early Modern Era, British Empire, Global History, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Early Modern Britain, Social History, Empire, History of the British Empire, 17th century England, Imperialism, Travel, and Literatures of Voyaging, Discovery, Travel & Colonialism
Research Interests: Critical Theory, History, European History, Cultural History, Economic History, and 33 moreEarly Modern History, British History, Shakespeare, Maritime History, International Trade, Atlantic World, Eighteenth Century History, Seventeenth Century, Slavery, History of Slavery, Maritime Routes, Early Modern Europe, Political History, Shipping, Renaissance drama, American Civil War, American Revolution, Social History, Atlantic history, British Atlantic, 1600-1800, Atlantic Studies, Bermuda, Maritime, Seventeenth-Century British History and Culture, Early Modern Atlantic World (1500-1815), Bermuda Triangle, Ports, Bermuda Triangle Mystery, History-Bermuda, Bermuda Shipwrecks, American Colonies, English America, and Seventeenth Century British Poetry
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, French History, French Studies, and 13 moreBritish History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, British Politics, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Biography, Eighteenth-Century French Studies, British Empire, Social History, Seven Years War, French and Indian War, and Eighteenth Century Studies
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Modern History, Cultural History, and 19 moreEconomic History, British History, International Law, Maritime History, Comparative History, Legal History, Maritime Law, World History, Maritime Routes, Law of the Sea, Shipping, Global History, Social History, HISTORY OF CRIME AND LAW, History of Customs and Smuggling, Maritime, Smuggling, Ports, and Contraband Trade
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Research Interests: History, American History, Economic History, Latin American and Caribbean History, Early Modern History, and 36 moreBritish History, Colonial America, Maritime History, International Trade, Atlantic World, Eighteenth Century History, Eighteenth Century Trade, New York history, Colonialism, Caribbean History, Maritime Routes, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Caribbean Studies, Shipping, Early Modern Era, British Empire, Early Modern Britain, Social History, Early Modern economic and social history, West Indies (History), Atlantic history, Empire, Eighteenth Century, History of Customs and Smuggling, Commerce, Imperialism, Maritime, French and Indian War, Early American History, Eighteenth Century Studies, Smuggling, War profiteering, New York, Ports, Contraband Trade, and Eighteeenth-Century Studies
Research Interests: History, American History, European History, Military History, Cultural History, and 34 moreEconomic History, Early Modern History, British History, Colonial America, Maritime History, Legal History, Atlantic World, Naval History, British Politics, Eighteenth Century History, Colonialism, Early Modern England, Early Modern Europe, Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, Political History, Early Modern Era, British Empire, British Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Early Modern Britain, Social History, Early Modern economic and social history, Early Modern Studies, Atlantic history, Empire, British Atlantic, 1600-1800, Eighteenth Century, Atlantic Studies, Imperialism, Naval Impressment, Early American History, British naval history, Eighteenth Century Studies, Early Modern Atlantic World (1500-1815), and Naval
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Research Interests: Economic History, Naval Tactics (Military Science), Naval Warfare, Naval History, American Revolution, and 8 morePrivateering, Britain and American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Privateers, Eighteenth-Century British History and the American Revolution, Merchants, privateers and pirates, American History Revolutionary War, and Pirates, privateers, etc
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Research Interests: Economic History, Jurisprudence, Contract Law, International Law, Maritime History, and 34 moreMaritime Law, Insurance Law, Maritime Routes, Early American Republic, Law of the Sea, Shipping, Mediterranean, Early Republic--American History, Torts, Maritime and Oceanic History, Maritime Security, Illicit Trafficking and Smuggling by Sea, History of Customs and Smuggling, Maritime, Seafarers, Marine Insurance Law, Port cities, Maritime Studies, Smuggling, Islands, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Insularity, Ports, Admiralty and maritime law, Anti Terrorism, Illegal Immigration, Private International Law (Conflict of Laws), International Law of the Sea, Trade Routes, Shipping and Carriage of Goods by Sea Law, Maritime Surveillance, Anti Piracy, Spaceborne SAR, and Drugs Trafficiking
Research Interests: British History, Colonial America, Colonial (American History), Eighteenth-Century British History and Culture, British Empire, and 16 moreBritish Imperial and Colonial History (1600 - ), Puritans, Religious History, History of the British Empire, New England (History), American Religious History, Religious Studies, Early American History, Coastal New England, New England Indians of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), 17th & 18th Century New England History, New England, New England Hisotry, 17th century New England, and New England History
Research Interests: History, American History, Youth Studies, Colonial America, Maritime History, and 18 moreLegal History, Maritime Routes, History of Childhood and Youth, Colonial (American History), Early American Republic, Shipping, Social History, Early North America, Maritime and Oceanic History, New England (History), Maritime, Seafarers, Early American History, Early American History (colonial, revolutionary, and early republic), Ports, 17th & 18th Century New England History, Salem, Massachusetts History, and New England
Research Interests: History, American History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, Colonial America, and 12 moreMaritime History, Eighteenth Century History, Colonial (American History), Early American Republic, Shipping, Early American Literature, Early Republic--American History, Social History, Maritime, Seafarers, Early American History, and Ports
Research Interests: History, European History, Military History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, and 14 moreColonial America, Maritime History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, Indian Ocean History, Early Modern Europe, Political History, Biography, Agriculture, Early Modern Era, Social History, Early Modern France, Privateering, and Early American History
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Syllabus for a new grad seminar on capitalism and slavery
