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Revolutions in the Atlantic world : a comparative history /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Klooster, Wim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Revolutions > America > History > 18th century.
Revolutions > America > History > 19th century.
Revolutions > Cross-cultural studies.
Sovereignty > Cross-cultural studies.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804.
Latin America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Empires at war
  • Civil war in the British Empire : the American Revolution
  • The war on privilege and dissension : the French Revolution
  • From prize colony to Black independence : the revolution in Haiti
  • Multiple routes to sovereignty : the Spanish America revolutions
  • The revolutions compared : causes, patterns, legacies.