University Scholar Series: Ruma Chopra

Authors

Ruma Chopra, San Jose State UniversityFollow

Files

Streaming Media

Description

Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America

On April 30, 2014, Dr. Ruma Chopra spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Interim Provost Andy Feinstein at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. In this talk, Dr. Chopra discusses colonial resistance to the American Revolution. Dr. Chopra’s book, Choosing Sides: Loyalists in Revolutionary America, details arguments given by America’s original colonists, including slaves and Native Americans, against the formation of the United States. Even hundreds of years into America’s existence, these arguments are echoed and championed both within and beyond our borders. Dr. Chopra is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at SJSU.

Date of Event

Spring 4-30-2014

Disciplines

United States History

Comments

1 streaming video file (53 min.) : digital, sound, color. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Recommended Citation

Chopra, Ruma, "University Scholar Series: Ruma Chopra" (2014). University Scholar Series. 30.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/uss/30