The Teaching Company: Americas in the Revolutionary Era 12 Audio Cds with Course Outline Booklet (The Great Courses)

This 24-lecture course is both grand drama and an absorbing intellectual exercise in comparative history. At the end of these lectures, you will have a detailed understanding of how our hemisphere took shape, and why. The scope of the work is as follows: -Revolutions and Wars for Independence -Origins of Revolution in the Atlantic World -Colonial Empires on the Eve of Revolution -The 'North' American Revolution Emerges -From Lexington and Concord to Yorktown -The Radicalism of the American Revolution -Slave Rebellion in St. Domingue -The Haitian Revolution -Seeds of Rebellion in Spanish America -Napoleon Invades Spain and Portugal -Francisco de Miranda: The Precursor -Simon Bolivar: The Liberator -Liberating Northern South America -San Martín and Argentine Independence -Bernardo O'Higgins and Chile -Liberating Peru -Mexico: Race and Class Warfare -Mexico: Empire and Chaos -Brazil: A Royal Revolution -Failed Movements in the Caribbean -The British West Indies and Canada -The Strange Case of Paraguay -Revolutions Made and Unmade -The Aftermath of Independence The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 1 Part I 1 Professor Marshall C. Eakin 1 Marshall C. Eakin, Ph.D. 3 Table of Contents 4 The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 4 Part I 4 The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 5 Lecture One 7 Revolutions and Wars for Independence 7 Outline 7 Lecture Two 9 Origins of Revolution in the Atlantic World 9 Outline 9 Lecture Three 11 Colonial Empires on the Eve of Revolution 11 Outline 11 Lecture Four 13 The “North” American Revolution Emerges 13 Outline 13 Lecture Five 15 From Lexington and Concord to Yorktown 15 Outline 15 Lecture Six 17 The Radicalism of the American Revolution 17 Outline 17 Lecture Seven 19 Slave Rebellion in St. Domingue 19 Outline 19 Lecture Eight 21 The Haitian Revolution 21 Outline 21 Lecture Nine 23 Seeds of Rebellion in Spanish America 23 Outline 23 Lecture Ten 25 Napoleon Invades Spain and Portugal 25 Outline 25 Lecture Eleven 27 Francisco de Miranda—The Precursor 27 Outline 27 Lecture Twelve 29 Simón Bolívar—The Liberator 29 Outline 29 Timeline 34 Glossary 43 Biographical Notes 45 Bibliography 47 The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 51 Part II 51 Professor Marshall C. Eakin 51 The Teaching Company ® 51 Marshall C. Eakin, Ph.D. 53 Table of Contents 54 The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 54 Part II 54 The Americas in the Revolutionary Era 55 Lecture Thirteen 57 Liberating Northern South America 57 Outline 57 Lecture Fourteen 59 San Martín and Argentine Independence 59 Outline 59 Lecture Fifteen 61 Bernardo O’Higgins and Chile 61 Outline 61 Lecture Sixteen 63 Liberating Peru 63 Outline 63 Lecture Seventeen 65 Mexico—Race and Class Warfare 65 Outline 65 Lecture Eighteen 67 Mexico—Empire and Chaos 67 Outline 67 Lecture Nineteen 69 Brazil: A Royal Revolution? 69 Outline 69 Lecture Twenty 71 Failed Movements in the Caribbean 71 Outline 71 Lecture Twenty-One 73 The British West Indies and Canada 73 Outline 73 Lecture Twenty-Two 75 The Strange Case of Paraguay 75 Outline 75 Lecture Twenty-Three 77 Revolutions Made and Unmade 77 Outline 77 Lecture Twenty-Four 80 The Aftermath of Independence 80 Outline 80 Timeline 90 Glossary 94 Biographical Notes 96 Bibliography 98 Between 1776 and 1825 wars for independence erupted all across the Americas, from Boston to Buenos Airs. Within two generations, the vast European colonial empires in the Americas collapsed and 19 new independent nations emerged. This course looks at these American revolutions, beginning with the outbreak of war in British North America in 1776 and ending with the final defeat of the Spanish in South America in 1825 Between 1776 and 1825 wars for independence eruped all across the Americas, from Boston to Buenos Airs. Within two generations, the vast European colonial empires in the Americas collasped and 19 new independent nations emerged. This course looks at these American revolutions, beginning with the outbreak of war in British North America in 1776 and ending with the final defeat of the Spanish in South America in 1825