James Fichter

Associate Professor

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Global and Area Studies

fichter@hku.hk

523, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus

3917 2032

Profile

James Fichter is a historian of global trade, empire and maritime connections. His research has examined the Anglo-American world, colonial exchange, the history of tea and the interaction of British and French imperial networks in Asia and beyond.

Research Interests

Global and maritime history; Atlantic revolutions; empire; trade and consumption; World War I.