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Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition - A Comparative History (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Revolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition - A Comparative History (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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A new look at a contentious period in the history of the Atlantic
world Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian,
and Spanish American revolutions transformed the Atlantic world.
This book is the first to analyze these events through a
comparative lens, revealing several central themes in the field of
Atlantic history. From the murky position of the European empire
between the Old and New Worlds to slavery and diaspora, Wim
Klooster offers insights into the forces behind the many conflicts
in the Atlantic world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. Digging deeply into the structural causes and oppressive
environments in which these revolutions occurred, Klooster debunks
the popular myth that the “people” rebelled against a small
ruling elite, arguing instead that the revolutions were civil wars
in which all classes fought on both sides. The book reveals the
extent to which mechanisms of popular mobilization were visible in
the revolutions. For example, although Blacks and Indians often
played an important role in the success of the revolutions, they
were never compensated once new regimes rose to power. Nor was
democracy a goal or product of these revolutions, which usually
spawned authoritarian polities. The new edition covers the latest
historiographical trends in the study of the Atlantic world,
including new research regarding the role of privateers. Drawing on
fresh research – such as primary documents and extant secondary
literature – Klooster ultimately concludes that the Enlightenment
was the ideological inspiration for the Age of Revolutions,
although not its cause.
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