Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn
Edited by Thomas Bender, Laurent Dubois and Richard Rabinowitz
Published by GILES in association with the New-York Historical Society
Published — November 2011 (UK and USA)
Dimensions — 288 pages, 292 x 229 mm (9 x 11½ in.), portrait
Illustrations — Approx. 160 colour illustrations
Format — Hardback
ISBN — 978-1-904832-94-2
Press Release — Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn
Sales Points
“Revolution! The Atlantic Word Reborn is a book that adds further nuances, documentary evidence, and perspectives to a period we think we know well. Instead of presenting the 18th century revolutions in America and France as intercontinental, and exclusively Eurocentric, struggles over political independence, national values and taxes; the book’s narratives include the Haitian Revolution into a wider Atlantic frame….Several reproductions in the book have rarely seen the light of day, which is a treat for scholars and certainly a huge selling point for anyone interested in adding to their own library or collection.” Temi Odumosu, The Image of Black
About the Book
Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn is a fascinating illustrated volume which brings together three globally influential revolutions—in America, France, and Haiti—to explore the enormous transformations in the world’s politics and culture between the 1763 triumph of the British Empire in the Seven Years War and the end of the Napoleonic Wars 52 years later. While most histories of these revolutions have been told exclusively as chapters within national histories, Revolution! draws on an international cross-section of experts to present the story of the 18th-century Atlantic revolutions as a part of wider, intertwined, global narrative. Vivid text and images provide a context for our understanding of these major social upheavals and their lasting influence on contemporary society.
The volume accompanies the exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, November 11, 2011 - April 15, 2012, and features works from the New-York Historical Society, Musée National du Château de Versailles et de Trianon, The British Museum, London, the Yale Center for British Art, the Lewis Walpole Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Library of Congress and other international lenders
