The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848
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The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848
By (Author) Jonathan Israel
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
3rd February 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of the Americas
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions
General and world history
973.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
768
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A major intellectual history of the American Revolution and its influence on later revolutions in Europe and the Americas The Expanding Blaze is a sweeping history of how the American Revolution inspired revolutions throughout Europe and the Atlantic world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Jonathan Israel, one of the world's leading hi
Reviews
"One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2017 in American History"
"Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers"
Author Bio
Jonathan Israel is professor emeritus of modern history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His many books include Revolutionary Ideas and A Revolution of the Mind (both Princeton).
