Revolutions in the Atlantic World
A Comparative History
In the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, revolutions transformed the British, French, and Spanish Atlantic worlds. During this time, colonial and indigenous people rioted and rebelled against their occupiers in violent pursuit of political liberty and economic opportunity, challenging time-honored social and political structures on both sides of the Atlantic. As a result, mainland America separated from British and Spanish rule, the French monarchy toppled, and the world's wealthiest colony was emancipated. In the new sovereign states, legal equality was introduced, republicanism embraced, and the people began to question the le…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8147-4909-8
- EAN: 9780814749098
- Produktnummer: 22583132
- Verlag: NYU Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 247 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'949 KB
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