Revolutionary currents : nation building in the transatlantic world
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Revolutionary currents : nation building in the transatlantic world
Rowman & Littlefield, c2004
- : pbk
Available at 15 libraries
Note
Chiefly revisions of papers from a symposium on transatlantic revolutionary traditions sponsored by the Dept. of History at Purdue University
"A Madison House Book"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- State formation, resistance, and the creation of revolutionary traditions in the Early Modern Era / Jack P. Greene
- Law, liberty, and "jury ideology" : English transatlantic revolutionary traditions / Lois G. Schwoerer
- 1776 : The countercyclical revolution / John M. Murrin
- The French Revolution and the emergence of the nation form / William H. Sewell, Jr.
- "To throw off a tyrannical government" : Atlantic revolutionary traditions and popular insurgency in Mexico, 1800-1821 / Eric Van Young
- Conclusion : nations, revolutions, and the end of history / Peter S. Onuf
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In the Age of Democratic Revolution, countries on both sides of the Atlantic were linked together through trade networks, diplomatic ties, and social interactions. More importantly, however, they also shared a common revolutionary dynamic that oscillated back and forth across the ocean. Revolutionary Currents explores the global crosscurrents and revolutionary ideologies that inspired four great modern revolutions-England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-89, the American Revolution of 1776, the French Revolution in 1789, and the Mexican Revolution in the early 1800s. Michael A. Morrison and Melinda S. Zook bring together noted historians to look at how each nation reshaped these revolutionary traditions, making them their own, and exported them once again. In examining each event, the contributors respond to the historiographical trends of revolutionary ideology, transatlantic cross-fertilzation of ideas, and nation-building. In assessing and analyzing the ideas, traditions, and nationalisms that inspired revolution and nation-building in the modern world, this book breaks new ground in the area of transatlantic history.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: State Formation, Resistance, and the Creation of Revolutionary Traditions in the Early Modern Era Chapter 3 Chapter One Law, Liberty, and Jury "Ideology": English Transatlantic Revolutionary Traditions Chapter 4 Chapter Two 1776: The Countercyclical Revolution Chapter 5 Chapter Three The French Revolution and the Emergence of the Nation Form Chapter 6 Chapter Four "To Throw off a Tyrannical Government": Atlantic Revolutionary Traditions and Popular Insurgency in Mexico, 1800-1821 Chapter 7 Conclusion: Nations, Revolutions, and the End of History
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