Revolution and the Global Struggle for Modernity: Volume 1 - The Atlantic Revolutions

by Frank Jacob

Overview

This book, as the first volume of a multiple volume endeavor to analyze several revolutions of the “long” nineteenth and “short” twentieth century to show how revolutionary processes evolved, takes a closer look at the Atlantic Revolutions, that is, the American, the French, and the Haitian Revolution. It will therefore use a comparative ten-step model to emphasize similarities with regard to the revolutionary developments in different parts of the world. The book consequently aims at providing a general, but deeper, understanding of revolutions as a global phenomenon of modernity while explaining how revolutionary processes evolve and develop, and how they could and can be corrupted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785278426
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	03/12/2024
Series:	Anthem Intercultural Transfer Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
Sales rank:	93,202
File size:	816 KB

About the Author

Frank Jacob is a professor of global history (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) at Nord Universitet, Norway.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: Revolution as a Struggle for and  Phenomenon of Global Modernity; Chapter Two: The Analytical and Comparative Ten-Step Model; Chapter Three: The American Revolution; Chapter Four: The French Revolution; Chapter Five: The Haitian Revolution; Chapter Six: Conclusion; Works Cited; Index                                                                                                                                             

Editorial Reviews

This publication offers a new and global perspective on the relationship between revolution and modernity. Rich in sources and based on a comparative case study between the revolutions in America, France, and Haiti, the book unfolds new findings and approaches for revolutionary studies. This interdisciplinary study will be of interest to historians, political scientists, and sociologists alike.” — Prof. Dr. Jana Günther, Evangelische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany.

“This manuscript by Professor Frank Jacob, Nord University, Bodø (Norway), examines the three most powerful bourgeois revolutions of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from a comparative perspective: the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions. The author asks to what extent a ten-step revolutionary model developed by him can be applied to these revolutions and to what extent such a model can be generalized.” —Prof. Dr. Mario Kessler, Senior Fellow, Leibniz Center for Contemporary History (ZZF), Germany.

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