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The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History
engages with some of the most recent trends in French revolutionary
scholarship by considering the Revolution in its global context.
Across seventeen chapters an international team of contributors
examine the impact of the Revolution not only on its European
neighbours but on Latin America, North America and Africa, assess
how far events there impacted on the Revolution in France, and
suggest something of the Revolution's enduring legacy in the modern
world. The Companion views the French Revolution through a
deliberately wide lens. The first section deals with its global
repercussions from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean and includes
a discussion of major insurrections such as those in Haiti and
Venezuela. Three chapters then dissect the often complex and
entangled relations with other revolutionary movements, in
seventeenth-century Britain, the American colonies and Meiji Japan.
The focus then switches to international involvement in the events
of 1789 and the circulation of ideas, people, goods and capital. In
a final section contributors throw light on how the Revolution was
and is still remembered across the globe, with chapters on Russia,
China and Australasia. An introduction by the editors places the
Revolution in its political, historical and historiographical
context. The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World
History is a timely and important contribution to scholarship of
the French Revolution.
The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History
engages with some of the most recent trends in French revolutionary
scholarship by considering the Revolution in its global context.
Across seventeen chapters an international team of contributors
examine the impact of the Revolution not only on its European
neighbours but on Latin America, North America and Africa, assess
how far events there impacted on the Revolution in France, and
suggest something of the Revolution's enduring legacy in the modern
world. The Companion views the French Revolution through a
deliberately wide lens. The first section deals with its global
repercussions from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean and includes
a discussion of major insurrections such as those in Haiti and
Venezuela. Three chapters then dissect the often complex and
entangled relations with other revolutionary movements, in
seventeenth-century Britain, the American colonies and Meiji Japan.
The focus then switches to international involvement in the events
of 1789 and the circulation of ideas, people, goods and capital. In
a final section contributors throw light on how the Revolution was
and is still remembered across the globe, with chapters on Russia,
China and Australasia. An introduction by the editors places the
Revolution in its political, historical and historiographical
context. The Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World
History is a timely and important contribution to scholarship of
the French Revolution.
This volume examines the impact of the wars in the Atlantic world
between 1770 and 1830, focusing both on the military, economic,
political, social and cultural demobilization that occurred
immediately at their end, and their long-term legacy and memory.
This volume examines the impact of the wars in the Atlantic world
between 1770 and 1830, focusing both on the military, economic,
political, social and cultural demobilization that occurred
immediately at their end, and their long-term legacy and memory.
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on
the collective memory of all European nations and regions, and have
given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the
French Wars were remembered in personal diaries, paintings and
literature, allowing a comparative analysis with atransnational
perspective.
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had an enduring influence on
the collective memory of all European nations and regions, and have
given them an international dimension. These essays look at how the
French Wars were remembered in personal diaries, paintings and
literature, allowing a comparative analysis with atransnational
perspective.
This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in
1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a
comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through
the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war
and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday
experience.
"The Bee and the Eagle" brings together a team of international
specialists to present original findings on six key themes of
Empire: political cultures, war and military institutions,
monarchy, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience. With a
comparative approach, it begins in 1806 at the dissolution of the
Holy Roman Empire, and its replacement by a French-sponsored new
political order.
Bringing together some of the world's leading Napoleonic
historians, this text is born out of a reflection on the Empire 200
years after its foundation in May 1804. It provides an overview of
trends in research and historiography and looks at research on
questions of citizenship, gender & local government.
Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which
finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the deployment of
huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who
fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well
as British and French troops, it was a murderous struggle. It was a
battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe. In
Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose memory would be
enmeshed in
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Napoleon (Paperback)
Alan Forrest
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Discovery Miles 3 310
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On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to
watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat
from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. In this book
Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the son of a
Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe: a man
whose charisma and legacy have endured since his lonely death on
the Island of St Helena. Forrest cuts away the many layers of myth
that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and
legend promiscuously. Drawing on original research and his own
distinguished background in French history, Forrest undercuts the
'Great Man' theory of history to demonstrate that Napoleon was as
much a product of his times as he was their creator.
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Napoleon (Paperback)
Alan Forrest
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R654
R559
Discovery Miles 5 590
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From Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an
exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend
On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to
watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat
from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return
of their long-dead emperor's corpse from the island of St. Helena
was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared
that the memories stirred would serve to further destabilize a
country that had struggled for order and direction since he had
been sent into exile.
In this book Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the
son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe,
a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many
thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so
entwined with his own.
Along the way, Forrest also cuts away the many layers of myth
and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who
mixed history and legend promiscuously. Drawing on original
research and his own distinguished background in French history,
Forrest demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his
times as their creator.
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