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Dear BASA Subscribers, I hope the following will be of interest to you: Revolutions in the Atlantic World A Comparative History Wim Klooster, Clark University "This highly readable and well-argued book at last brings together all of the Atlantic Revolutions-North American, Caribbean, French, and Latin American-to tell a story at once sweeping and succinct about the transformations of the period." - Laurent Dubois, author of Avengers of the New World "Klooster has written a concise, original, and long overdue synthesis of a turbulent and transformative period in the history of the modern world. Klooster emphasizes the unexpected, uncertain, and unforeseen paths to revolution, and integrates the experiences of different populations-loyalist and rebel, slave and free, women and men, European, African, colonial, and Native American. Grounded in extensive reading in multiple languages, Revolutions in the Atlantic World will stand as the definitive work on the subject for years to come." - Alison Games, author of The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660 In the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, revolutions transformed the British, French, and Spanish Atlantic worlds. During this time, colonial and indigenous people rioted and rebelled against their occupiers in violent pursuit of political liberty and economic opportunity, challenging time-honoured social and political structures on both sides of the Atlantic. As a result, mainland America separated from British and Spanish rule, the French monarchy toppled, and the world's wealthiest colony was emancipated. In the new sovereign states, legal equality was introduced, republicanism embraced, and the people began to question the legitimacy of slavery. Revolutions in the Atlantic World wields a comparative lens to reveal several central themes in the field of Atlantic history, from the concept of European empire and the murky position it occupied between Old and New World to slavery and diasporas. Drawing on both primary documents and extant secondary literature, Wim Klooster portrays the revolutions as parallel and connected uprisings. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Jul 2009 216pp £14.99 PB: 9780814747896 SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE OF £10.00 to BASA Subscribers Postage and Packing £3.50 (PLEASE QUOTE REF NUMBER: CSRA0910BR for discount) To order a copy please contact Marston on 44(0)1235 465500 or email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or visit our website: http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/catalogue.asp?ex=fitem&target=9780814747896&fmt=f <http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/catalogue.asp?ex=fitem&target=9780814747896&fmt=f> where you can still receive your discount Find CAP on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CAP_Ltd Rebecca Cook Marketing Assistant Combined Academic Publishers 15a Lewin's Yard East Street Chesham Buckinghamshire HP5 1HQ Phone: +44 (0)1494 588 050 Fax: +44 (0)1494 581 602 www.combinedacademic.co.uk <http://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/>