Description
This is a sourcebook on the "revolutionary Atlantic," a term historians increasingly use to describe the way the many revolutions from 1776 (USA) to 1826 (end of the wars of independence in Latin America) can be viewed as part of a connected whole. It is the first text to examine the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the various Latin American Revolutions from a synoptic perspective.
About the Author
Rafe Blaufarb (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Ben Weider Eminent Scholar Chair in Napoleonic History and the Director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University. He is the author of The French Army, 1750-1820: Careers, Talent, Merit (2002), Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Refugees and Exiles on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835 (2005), and Napoleon: Symbol for an Age (2007). He has published articles in a number of journals, including the AHR, Past and Present, Annales, and the Journal of Modern History.
Reviews
Encompassing the major rebellions that transformed the Atlantic world in the Age of Revolutions, The Revolutionary Atlantic is a major achievement. Blaufarb's collection of documents records the voices of elites and masses alike, and is remarkably coherent thanks to its focus on political ideas, not events. Highly recommended for students and scholars." * Willem Klooster, Clark University *
Fascinating and comprehensive collection of primary sources ont he Age of Revolutions, ranging from Enlightenment political theory to empire and slavery. Blaufarb treats the U.S., French, Haitian and Latin American Revolutions as a common movement. His chronological coverage is truly impressive, spanning from the Seven Years' War to the 1820s. Will be tremendously useful to instructors seeking to connect the different Atlantic Revolutions." * Alyssa Sepinwall, California State University - San Marcos *
The Revolutionary Atlantic is an essential resource for anyone interested in the political upheavals that culminated in the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Through its concise chapter introductions and vast array of documents focused on the period's new political ideas, The Revolutionary Atlantic reveals the connections among notions of republicanism and equality that sprang up around the Atlantic World. It also reveals the host of actors - elite European descended men, indigenous peoples, women, slaves, serfs, and the urban poor - who gave local meaning and form to those ideals through their words and deeds. The Revolutionary Atlantic is a most welcome addition to the literature on the Age of Revolutions." * Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss, Texas A & M University *
Rafe Blaufarb's compilation and translation of political documetns from the Age of Revolutions provides an excellent reader for scholars and students who seek to compare the precepts and arguments in favor of democracy, equality and independence that emerged during the French and Haitian revolution with key texts from North American and Napoleonic-era Latin American independence movements." * Jordana Dym, Skidmore College *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199897964
Author Rafe Blaufarb
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 656g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 172mm * 20mm
About the Author
Rafe Blaufarb (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Ben Weider Eminent Scholar Chair in Napoleonic History and the Director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University. He is the author of The French Army, 1750-1820: Careers, Talent, Merit (2002), Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Refugees and Exiles on the Gulf Coast, 1815-1835 (2005), and Napoleon: Symbol for an Age (2007). He has published articles in a number of journals, including the AHR, Past and Present, Annales, and the Journal of Modern History.
Reviews
Encompassing the major rebellions that transformed the Atlantic world in the Age of Revolutions, The Revolutionary Atlantic is a major achievement. Blaufarb's collection of documents records the voices of elites and masses alike, and is remarkably coherent thanks to its focus on political ideas, not events. Highly recommended for students and scholars." * Willem Klooster, Clark University *
Fascinating and comprehensive collection of primary sources ont he Age of Revolutions, ranging from Enlightenment political theory to empire and slavery. Blaufarb treats the U.S., French, Haitian and Latin American Revolutions as a common movement. His chronological coverage is truly impressive, spanning from the Seven Years' War to the 1820s. Will be tremendously useful to instructors seeking to connect the different Atlantic Revolutions." * Alyssa Sepinwall, California State University - San Marcos *
The Revolutionary Atlantic is an essential resource for anyone interested in the political upheavals that culminated in the American, French, Haitian, and Latin American Revolutions of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Through its concise chapter introductions and vast array of documents focused on the period's new political ideas, The Revolutionary Atlantic reveals the connections among notions of republicanism and equality that sprang up around the Atlantic World. It also reveals the host of actors - elite European descended men, indigenous peoples, women, slaves, serfs, and the urban poor - who gave local meaning and form to those ideals through their words and deeds. The Revolutionary Atlantic is a most welcome addition to the literature on the Age of Revolutions." * Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss, Texas A & M University *
Rafe Blaufarb's compilation and translation of political documetns from the Age of Revolutions provides an excellent reader for scholars and students who seek to compare the precepts and arguments in favor of democracy, equality and independence that emerged during the French and Haitian revolution with key texts from North American and Napoleonic-era Latin American independence movements." * Jordana Dym, Skidmore College *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199897964
Author Rafe Blaufarb
Format Paperback
Page Count 528
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 656g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 172mm * 20mm
