About this episode
This episode revisits the Age of Revolutions, exploring the connections between various revolutions and their international implications.
Between 1763 and 1848, revolutions swept across four continents. We tend to remember three of them — the American, the French, and the Haitian Revolutions. But what about all the rest? And what connected them to each other? In this episode, we're bringing back our conversation with Janet Polasky, Presidential Professor of History Emerita at the University of New Hampshire and author of Revolutions Without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World, and Paul Mapp, Associate Professor of History at William & Mary, who helps us understand why historians are increasingly looking at the American Revolution through an international lens.Together, they reveal why the Age of Revolutions happened when it did, how the American Revolution fit within this larger Atlantic-wide moment of upheaval, and how revolutionary ideas traveled across borders through people, print, and rumor. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/165 RECOMMENDED NEXT EPISODES🎧 Episode 161: Smuggling and the American Revolution🎧 Episode 428: Canal Dreamers🎧 Episode 432: How France & Spain Helped Win American Independence🎧 Episode 433: Haiti, France, and the American War for Independence🎧 Episode 438…
People in this episode
Host: Liz Covart
Guests: Janet Polasky, Paul Mapp
Topics covered
- Age of Revolutions
- American Revolution
- French Revolution
- Haitian Revolution
- International History
- Revolutionary Ideas
Keywords
- revolutions
- American Revolution
- French Revolution
- Haitian Revolution
- Atlantic World
- historical analysis
- international lens
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of New Hampshire, William & Mary
Books & works: Revolutions Without Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World
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