the call to liberty in the Atlantic world Polasky, Janet L. 1951- creator text bibliography ctu 2015 monographic eng

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xvi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm "Nation-based histories cannot do justice to the rowdy, radical interchange of ideas around the Atlantic world during the tumultuous years from 1776 to 1804. National borders were powerless to restrict the flow of exciting new visions of human rights and universal freedom. This expansive history explores how the revolutionary ideas that spurred the American and French revolutions reverberated far and wide, connecting European, North American, African, and Caribbean peoples more closely than ever before. Historian Janet Polasky focuses on the eighteenth-century travelers who spread new notions of liberty and equality. It was an age of itinerant revolutionaries, she shows, who ignored borders and found allies with whom to imagine a borderless world. As paths crossed, ideas entangled. The author investigates these ideas and how they were disseminated long before the days of instant communications and social media or even an international postal system. Polasky analyzes the paper records--books, broadsides, journals, newspapers, novels, letters, and more--to follow the far-reaching trails of revolutionary zeal. What emerges clearly from rich historic records is that the dream of liberty among America's founders was part of a much larger picture. It was a dream embraced throughout the far-flung regions of the Atlantic world"-- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction: Revolution without Borders -- "The cause of all mankind" in Revolutionary Pamphlets -- Journals Relating "A share in two revolutions" -- The Revolutionary Narratives of Black "Citizens of the World" -- The Press and Clubs : "Politico-mania" -- Rumors of Freedom in the Caribbean : "We know not where it will end" -- The Revolutionary Household in Fiction : "To govern a family with judgment" -- Correspondence between a "Virtuous spouse, Charming friend!" -- Decrees "in the Name of the French Republic" : Armed Cosmopolitans -- Revolutionaries between Nations : "Abroad in the world" -- Chronology. Janet Polasky. Includes bibliographical references and index. n------ e------ Revolutions America History Sionismo Historia América Revolutions Europe History Revolutions History Sources Revolutionaries Travel History Intercultural communication History America Intellectual life América Vida intelectual Europe Intellectual life America Politics and government 18th century America Politics and government 19th century Europe Politics and government 1789-1815 000 E 18.75 P762r 2015 303.6/40973 9780300219845 0300219849 2014030322 DLC 141118 20260922121635.0 18376954 eng