Author:
Griffin, Patrick, 1965- author.
ImprintNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
Imprint2023
Descriptionvii, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note:A Tangled World: The Atlantic in the Eighteenth Century -- Disentangling the Atlantic: A Primer for Imperial Reform -- The French Connection: The Hope of Revolution -- The Gordian Knot of Fear: Violence in the Sovereign Abyss -- The Web of War: Making States and Unmaking Empire -- Singeing the Fray: The Vexed Task of Ending Revolution -- Reknitting the Fabric: Nation, Empire, and Settlement.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"The Age of Atlantic Revolution was a defining moment in western history. Our understanding of rights, of what makes the individual an individual, of how to define a citizen versus a subject, of what states should or should not do, of how labor, politics, and trade would be organized, of the relationship between the church and the state, and of our attachment to the nation all derive from this period (c. 1750-1850). Historian Patrick Griffin shows that the Age of Atlantic Revolution was rooted in how people in an interconnected world struggled through violence, liberation, and war to reimagine themselves and sovereignty. Tying together the revolutions, crises, and conflicts that undid British North America, transformed France, created Haiti, overturned Latin America, challenged Britain and Europe, vexed Ireland, and marginalized West Africa, Griffin tells a transnational tale of how empires became nations and how our world came into being."-- Dust jacket.
