The French Revolution in global perspective

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The French Revolution in global perspective

Statement of responsibility

edited by Suzanne Desan, Lynn Hunt, and William Max Nelson

Creator

• Desan, Suzanne, 1957-

Contributor

• Nelson, William Max, 1976-
• Hunt, Lynn, 1945-

Editor

• Nelson, William Max, 1976-
• Hunt, Lynn, 1945-
• Desan, Suzanne, 1957-

Subject

• France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Congresses
• Globalization -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses
• France -- Foreign relations -- 1789-1815 -- Congresses

Genre

• Congresses

Language

eng

Summary

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its international origins and worldwide effects. A distinguished group of contributors shows that the political culture of the Revolution emerged out of a long history of global commerce, imperial competition, and the movement of people and ideas in places as far flung as India, Egypt, Guiana, and the Caribbean. This international approach helps to explain how the Revolution fused immense idealism with territorial ambition and combined the drive for human rights with various forms of exclusion. The essays examine topics including the role of smuggling and free trade in the origins of the French Revolution, the entwined nature of feminism and abolitionism, and the influence of the French revolutionary wars on the shape of American empire --

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography