The Cambridge History of the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 1, the Enlightenment and the British Colonies
- Editore:
CAMBRIDGE
- Collana:
- The Cambridge History of the A
- EAN:
9781108476034
- ISBN:
1108476031
- Pagine:
- 800
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Libro The Cambridge History of the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 1, the Enlightenment and the British Colonies
Trama libro
Volume I offers an introduction to the Enlightenment, which served as the shared background for virtually all revolutionary turmoil, and the American Revolution, which inaugurated the Age of Revolutions. Beginning with a thorough introduction, the volume covers international rivalry, the importance of slavery, and the reformist mind-set that prevailed on the eve of the revolutionary era. It addresses the traditional argument on whether the Enlightenment truly caused revolutions, concluding that the reverse is more apt: revolutions helped create the Enlightenment as a body of thought. The volume continues with a regional and thematic assessment of the American Revolution, revealing how numerous groups in British America - including Black and indigenous people - pursued their own agendas and faced interests at odds with the principles of the revolution.
