Research Guides: HIST 247: Revolutionary Ideas, 1770s-1840s (HC): Scholarly Books

Finding Scholarly Studies in Books

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("native american*" OR indian*) AND "american revolution" [Any Field]

( indians of north america history revolution, 1775-1783) [Subject]

(United States History Revolution, 1775-1783) [Subject] Published 2010-2022

(women* OR gender*) AND ("free black*" OR slave*) [Subjects] AND ("18th century" OR "early republic") AND "united states" [Any Field]

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A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

WorldCat is an important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 500 million titles owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan. Use the button to place requests.

Representative Titles

The French Revolution by J. M. Roberts
ISBN: 0192892924
Publication Date: 1997-11-27
In this book John Roberts studies the puzzling nature of what came to be called the French Revolution, with its Janus-like aspect, looking to past and future at the same time. The five main sections deal with the beginnings of the Revolution; the Revolution in France seen as a great disruption; the Revolution in France as the vehicle of continuity; the Revolution abroad; and the Revolution as history and as myth.
The Revolting French, 1787-1889 by Pamela Pilbeam
ISBN: 1408204916
Publication Date: 2023-12-12
This book investigates the impact of revolution on the French from the Revolution of 1789 to its centenary in 1889. It explores specific and linking factors in the main revolts and how historians have differed in their explanations. Revolution has been explained in a multitude of ways from economic, social and philosophic, to a range of identities including religion, race and gender, contingency, emotions, and most recently global factors. The book weighs political and philosophical differences, lack of trust and willingness to compromise, economic, social and cultural issues, urban geography, archaeology and contingency.
Revolutionary Things by Ashli White
ISBN: 9780300259018
Publication Date: 2023-06-20
How objects associated with the American, French, and Haitian revolutions drew diverse people throughout the Atlantic world into debates over revolutionary ideals. Historian Ashli White explores the circulation of material culture during the American, French, and Haitian revolutions, arguing that in the late eighteenth century, radical ideals were contested through objects as well as in texts. She considers how revolutionary things, as they moved throughout the Atlantic, brought people into contact with these transformative political movements in visceral, multiple, and provocative ways.
The American Revolution by Bruce Lancaster; John H. Plumb (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0828102813
Publication Date: 1985-06-01
From Lexington to Yorktown, this book covers the story of America's fight for independence in vivid detail. Lancaster brings the dilemmas faced by early Americans into sharp focus.
The Haitian Revolution by Toussaint L'Ouverture; Nick Nesbitt (Editor); Jean-Bertrand Aristide (Introduction by)
ISBN: 9781844672615
Publication Date: 2008-10-17
Toussaint L'Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L'Ouverture's profound contribution to the struggle for equality.
The Napoleonic Empire by Geoffrey Ellis
ISBN: 0333990056
Publication Date: 2003-09-01
Was Napoleon the 'heir' of the French Revolution, the great consolidator of its reforms, or did he distort and even abandon its principles? What were the aims and effects of Napoleonic rule in France and in conquered Europe more widely? This second edition of The Napoleonic Empire offers a critical reassessment of these central issues and provides a fresh synthesis of the most important research during the past forty years.
Modern Latin American Revolutions by Eric Selbin
ISBN: 0813335639
Publication Date: 1998-12-25
In contrast to previous studies that have centered on the institutionalization of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean,Modern Latin American Revolutions, Second Edition,introduces the concept of consolidation of the revolutionary process--the efforts of revolutionary leaders to transform society and the acceptance by a significant majority of the population of the core of the social revolutionary project. As a result, the spotlight is on people, not structures, and transformation, not simply revolutionary transition.The second edition of this acclaimed book has been revised to include new information on the cases of Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Grenada, assessing the extent to which each revolution was both institutionalized and consolidated. This edition also boasts expanded coverage on Ché Guevara's visionary leadership and an all-new section that addresses the future of revolution in Latin America and the Caribbean.