The Rediscovery of America: Transatlantic Crosscurrents in an Age of Revolution

Andrews, Stuart

The Rediscovery of America features some twenty representatives of England, France and America, whose careers in some sense straddled the Atlantic in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. While not establishing causal links between the American and French Revolutions, the collective weight of these individual responses to the new America supports the idea of an 'Atlantic Revolution'. This study of the writings and transatlantic experiences of the revolutionary generation shows the power of American images in shaping political rhetoric, if not political reality.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1998-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-10: 9781349269365

ISBN-13: 9781349269365

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26934-1

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257