T.H. Breen

Dr. T.H. Breen is an American historian, author, and professor emeritus at Northwestern University. Holding a Ph.D. from Yale, he specializes in early American history and the cultural origins of the American Revolution.

He is best known as the author of acclaimed historical masterpieces including The Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence and Tobacco Culture.

Breen’s innovative historical perspectives on consumerism and grassroots political mobilization have transformed how scholars view the American founding era. He is a distinguished historian.