Age of Revolution

The Age of Revolution is a term used to denote the period from approximately 1760 to 1830, a time in which a number of significant revolutionary movements occurred on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. [cite web|author=Matson, Cathy|title=The Atlantic Economy in an Era of Revolutions: An Introduction|publisher=William and Mary Quarterly|date=July 2005|accessdate=2008-03-20|url=http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/wm/62.3/matson.html] The period is noted for the change in government from absolutist monarchies to constitutionalist states and republics. The Age of Revolution includes the American Revolution the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, the revolt of the slaves in Latin America, and the independence movements of nations in Latin America.

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References

* Dubois, Laurent. "Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution". New York: Belknap Press, 2005.
* Gilroy, Paul. "The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness". Harvard University Press, 1993.
* Hobsbawn, Eric. "The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848". London: Peter Smith Pub Inc., 1999.
* James, C.L.R. "The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution". New York: Vintage Press, 1989 (1962).
* Linebaugh, Peter and Rediker, Marcus. "The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic ". Boston: Beacon Press, 2001.
* Macaulay, Catharine and Warren, Mercy Otis. "The Revolutionary Atlantic and the Politics of Gender". Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

External links

* http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-58407/history-of-Europe