The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions
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USDVolume I offers an introduction to the Enlightenment, which served as the shared background for virtually all revolutionary turmoil, and the American Revolution, which inaugurated the Age of Revolutions. Beginning with a thorough introduction, the volume covers international rivalry, the importance of slavery, and the reformist mind-set that prevailed on the eve of the revolutionary era. It addresses the traditional argument on whether the Enlightenment truly caused revolutions, concluding that the reverse is more apt: revolutions helped create the Enlightenment as a body of thought. The volume continues with a regional and thematic assessment of the American Revolution, revealing how numerous groups in British America – including Black and indigenous people – pursued their own agendas and faced interests at odds with the principles of the revolution.
- Takes on a revisionist approach to problematize the concepts of “Enlightenment” and 'revolution'
- Connects revolutions across the Atlantic to create a comprehensive overview of this transformative age
- Integrates the actions of enslaved and indigenous people and free people of color
- Introduces new arguments and evidence to reveal the most up to date history of the Atlantic World
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'Klooster has collected seventy-one essays, managing to give an idea of the ongoing debate: solid reconstructions … attempt to bring together historiography and history from different schools and perspectives. One can only appreciate the desire to reconstruct the historiographical debate because it opens the doors to the lives of scholars and their motivations and determinations in electing a theme and a research direction … The necessary nuances and chiaroscuro make the picture more authentic and point to other possible studies.' Michaela Valente, Archivio Storico Italiano
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October 2023Adobe eBook Reader
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Wim Klooster
- Part I. Enlightenment and culture:
- 1. Enlightenment and the American Caroline Winterer
- 2. Enlightenment and the French Revolution Johnson Kent Wright
- 3. Enlightenment and the Ibero-American Revolutions Brian Hamnett
- 4. Cultural practices and revolutions, ca. 1760–1825 Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
- Part II. The British Colonies:
- 5. The revolution in British America: General overview Mark Peterson
- 6. The myth of “salutary neglect”: Empire and revolution in the long eighteenth century Holly Brewer
- 7. The British Atlantic on the eve of American independence Patrick Griffin
- 8. Cities and citizenship in revolution Jessica Choppin Roney
- 9. The other British colonies Trevor Burnard
- 10. The participation of France and Spain Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia
- 11. Britain, Ireland, and the American Revolution ca. 1763–1785 Stephen Conway
- 12. A contest of wills: The spectrum and experience of political violence in the American Revolution Wayne E. Lee
- 13. Recovering loyalism: Opposition to the American Revolution as a good idea Liam Riordan
- 14. White women and the American Revolution Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch
- 15. Blacks in the British colonies James Sidbury
- 16. Life, land, and liberty: The Native Americans' revolution Colin Calloway
- 17. Shaping the constitution Max Edling
- 18. Reform and rebellion in Spanish America at the time of the American Revolution Anthony McFarlane
- 19. International warfare and the non-British Caribbean Wim Klooster
- 20. Interpreting a symbol of progress and regression: European views of America's revolution and early republic, 1780–1790 Lloyd Kramer.
