The Age of Atlantic Revolution

The Age of Atlantic Revolution was a defining moment in western history. Our understanding of rights, of what makes the individual an individual, of how to define a citizen versus a subject, of what states should or should not do, of how labor, politics, and trade would be organized, of the relationship between the church and the state, and of our attachment to the nation all derive from this period (c. 1750–1850). This book shows that the Age of Atlantic Revolution was rooted in how people in an interconnected world struggled through violence, liberation, and war to reimagine themselves and sovereignty. Tying together the revolutions, crises, and conflicts that undid British North America, transformed France, created Haiti, overturned Latin America, challenged Britain and Europe, vexed Ireland, and marginalized West Africa, the book tells a transnational tale of how empires became nations and how our world came into being.

Art · Atlantic World · Economic history · Latin Americans · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · State (computer science) · Subject (documents) · Tying · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law