The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 1, the Enlightenment and the British Colonies

Herausgeber: Klooster, Wim

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Produktbeschreibung

Volume 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 800
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9781108476034
• ISBN-10: 1108476031
• Artikelnr.: 67404973

Inhaltsangabe

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.