The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 1, the Enlightenment and the British Colonies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108476034)

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.

Author: Wim Klooster
ISBN-10: 1108476031
ISBN-13: 9781108476034
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/09/2023
Pages: 800
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.50d