Michael A. Blaakman

Michael A. Blaakman is Associate Professor of History at Princeton University, specializing in revolutionary and early national America. His research examines politics, empires, and North American borderlands, with additional interests in gender history, capitalism, and microhistory.

Education:

• B.A. College of William & Mary
• Ph.D. History, Yale University (2016)

Research focuses on land speculation as statecraft and the foundations of US imperialism. His book 'Speculation Nation' analyzes how land mania shaped republican governance and Native dispossession.

Awards:

• Frederick Jackson Turner Award for best first book
• William Nelson Cromwell Book Prize
• George Washington Prize Finalist
• Dissertation Manuscript Prize

Current project 'The Simcoes and the Enemies of the American Revolution' explores resistance to revolution through a British family's experiences.