The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 2, France, Europe, and Haiti (The Cambridge History of the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions)

Volume II delves into the revolutions of France, Europe, and Haiti, with particular focus on the French Revolution and the changes it wrought. The demarcation between property and power, and the changes in family life, religious practices, and socio-economic relations are explored, as well as the preoccupation with violence and terror, both of which were conspicuous aspects of the revolution. Simultaneous movements in England, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland-Lithuania are also discussed. The volume ends with the Haitian Revolution and its impact on neighboring countries, revealing how the revolution was comprised of several smaller revolutions, and how, once the independent black State of Haiti was established, an effort was made to fulfill the promises of freedom and equality. Contents List of Figures List of Maps List of Contributors to Volume II Preface Introduction PART I: FRANCE 1 Overview of the French Revolution 2 Abolishing Feudalism 3 The Countryside 4 The Revolution and the Atlantic: The Society of the Friends of the Blacks 5 Tracking the French Revolution in the United States: Popular Sovereignty, Representation, Absolutism, and Democracy 6 The French Revolution and Spanish America 7 Violence and the French Revolution 8 Jacobins and Terror in the French Revolution 9 The Directory, Thermidor, and the Transformation of the Revolution 10 Rethinking Gender, Sexuality, and the French Revolution PART II: WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND EASTERN EUROPE 11 Switzerland: Local Agency and French Intervention: The Helvetic Republic 12 Revolution at Geneva: Genevans in Revolution 13 The Modernity of the Dutch Revolution: Ideas, Action, Permeation 14 The United States of Belgium 15 Revolution in England? Abolitionism 16 The Irish Rebellion of 1798 17 Italy: Revolution and Counterrevolution, (1789-1799) 18 Germany and the French Revolution 19 Reform and Resistance: Hungary and the Habsburg Monarchy, 1780-1795 20 Poland–Lithuania in the Age of Atlantic Revolutions: Dilemmas of Liberty 21 Transnational Perspectives: The French Revolution, the Sister Republics, and the United States PART III: HAITI 22 Overview of the Haitian Revolution 23 Saint-Domingue on the Eve of the Revolution 24 The Haitian Revolutions 25 Toussaint Louverture, the Cultivator System, and Haiti’s Independence (1798-1804) 26 Establishing a New Nation: Haiti after Independence, 1804-1843 27 Aspirations and Actions of Free People of Color across the Caribbean 28 The Unruly Caribbean: Reverberations of Saint-Domingue’s Rebellions on the Caribbean Coast of New Granada and Venezuela, 1790-1800 29 The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on the United States Index "Full set: In three volumes, The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions brings together experts on all corners of the Atlantic World who reveal the age in all its complexity. The Age of Atlantic Revolutions formed the transition from an era marked by monarchical rule, privileges, and colonialism to an age that stood out for republican rule, legal equality, and the sovereignty of American nations. The seventy-one chapters included reflect the latest trends and discussions on this transformative part of history, highlighting not only the causes, key events, and consequences of the revolutions, but stressing the political experimentation, contingency, and survival of colonial institutions. The volumes also examine the attempts of enslaved and indigenous people, and free people of color, to change their plight, offering a much-needed revision to R.R. Palmer's first synthesis of this era sixty years ago. This three-volume set examines the half-century that saw sweeping changes across the Atlantic World; where monarchies were replaced by republics, privileges by equal rights, and American colonies by independent countries. This comprehensive analysis will interest scholars and students of history, politics and sociology." Provided by publisher