Thursday 13 October 2011Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn

To be published in November 2011 by D Giles Limited in association with the New-York Historical Society, Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn presents the story of the 18th-century Atlantic revolutions as part of a wider, global narrative. It brings together three internationally influential revolutions—in America, France, and Haiti—to explore the enormous transformations in world politics and culture between Britain’s victory in the Seven Years’ War in 1763, and the end of the Napoleonic Wars 52 years later.

Drawing on an international cross-section of experts, and illustrated with an outstanding range of paintings, drawings, prints, historical documents, maps and original manuscripts from the New-York Historical Society, as well as from collections in Britain, France and the United States, the book’s 11 thematic chapters show how the peoples of the Atlantic world registered their grievances in legal argument and violent protest.

Starting with the American revolution—which triggered an explosion of radical ideas and drew many to the anti-slavery crusade—and culminating in the world’s only successful slave revolt, which led to the establishment of Haiti as the first nation fully committed to equality and emancipation, Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn explores how thousands of revolutionaries on both sides of the Atlantic turned freedom, equality and parliamentary democracy into universal goals that continue to inspire the struggle for justice today.

Publication of Revolution! accompanies an international travelling exhibition, opening at the New-York Historical Society on November 11, 2011.

The Authors
Thomas Bender is the University Professor of the Humanities, Professor of History, and Director of Graduate Studies at New York University. His publications include The Unfinished City: New York and the Metropolitan Idea (2007) and A Nation Among Nations: America’s Place in World History (2006). Laurent Dubois is Professor of French Studies and History at Duke University, Durham, NC and a leading expert on Haitian history and culture. His books include Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789–1804: A Brief History with Documents (with John Garrigus, 2006), and Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution (2004). Richard Rabinowitz, curator of the exhibition Revolution: The Atlantic World Reborn, is one of the leading public historians in the United States.

REVOLUTION!
The Atlantic World Reborn

288 pages, 292 x 229mm (9 x 11½ in.), portrait
123 colour and 20 b&w illustrations, hardback
ISBN: 978 1 904832 94 2
Price: US$65.00/UK£45.00
Publication date: November, 2011
Publisher: D Giles Limited, London

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