Justin duRivage

Justin duRivage received Ph.D. from Yale University in 2013 and spent two years as Acting Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. He is currently an associate research scientist at Yale where he conducts research on the history of political instability, political economy, and revolution. He is author of Revolution against Empire: Taxes, Politics, and the Origins of American Independence (Yale University Press 2017), a new global history of American independence that places issues of ideology, fiscal policy, and empire at the heart of the origins of the American Revolution. In addition to his writing and research, he also manages the CHESS website, blog, and social media presence.