The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, C. 1760-1840
Paperback – Illustrated, December 18, 2009
Red Globe Press · Paperback · January 1, 2010
The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, C.
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- Who it’s for
- Historians examine revolutions, imperial break-up, and shifting stability across regions from 1760 to 1840.
- Genres
- Revolutionary History, 18th-Century History, 19th-Century History
- Published
- Red Globe Press, January 1, 2010
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A distinguished international team of historians examines the dynamics of global and regional change in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Providing uniquely broad coverage, encompassing North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and China, the chapters shed new light on this pivotal period of world history.
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Offering fresh perspectives on: - The American, French, and Haitian Revolutions - The break-up of the Iberian empires - The Napoleonic Wars The volume also presents ground-breaking treatments of world history from an African perspective, of South Asia's age of revolutions, and of stability and instability in China. The first truly global account of the causes and consequences of the transformative 'Age of Revolutions', this collection presents a strikingly novel and comprehensive view of the revolutionary era as well as rich examples of global history in practice.
Revolutions Across Regions
Historians examine revolutions, imperial break-up, and shifting stability across regions from 1760 to 1840.
Come here for
- The American, French, and Haitian Revolutions
- Revolutionary change across Africa, South Asia, China, and other regions
Expect
- Separate perspectives on the Napoleonic Wars and the break-up of Iberian empires
- World history considered from African and South Asian perspectives
Where it sits
| Revolutionary History | 73% |
|---|---|
| 18th-Century History | 53% |
| 19th-Century History | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Politics & Government
- Authors
- David Armitage, Sanjay Subrahmanyam
- Publisher
- Red Globe Press
- Published
- January 1, 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- History