In recent years the field of Atlantic world studies has expanded tremendously, both in the numbers of scholars (principally though not exclusively historians) mining its rich and varied history and notably in the articles and books dedicated to the subject. It is perhaps best described as a blend of the transnational and comparative approaches. One of the myriad topics of the genre is the revolutionary age, usually identified by the benchmark dates of 1750 and 1850 and encompassing the revolutionary upheavals in Europe and the Americas.
This superb collection of essays grew out of a colloquium on the revolutions in the Atlantic world held in the Archivo General de la Nación, Bogotá, in October 2004. As befits the topic, the contributors hail from Europe and the Americas. The goals set out by the coordinators are commendable and particularly relevant to the needs of an early twenty-first-century generation of scholars: how...
