In this Book

buy this book Buy This Book in Print
summary

This truly transnational history reveals the important role of Americans abroad in the Age of Revolution, as well as providing an early example of the limits of American influence on other nations. From the beginning of the French Revolution to its end at the hands of Napoleon, American cosmopolitans like Thomas Jefferson, Gouverneur Morris, Thomas Paine, Joel Barlow, and James Monroe drafted constitutions, argued over violent means and noble ends, confronted sudden regime changes, and negotiated diplomatic crises such as the XYZ Affair and the Louisiana Purchase. Eager to report on what they regarded as universal political ideals and practices, Americans again and again confronted the particular circumstances of a foreign nation in turmoil. In turn, what they witnessed in Paris caused these prominent Americans to reflect on the condition and prospects of their own republic. Thus, their individual stories highlight overlooked parallels between the nation-building process in both France and America, and the two countries' common struggle to reconcile the rights of man with their own national identities.

Table of Contents

restricted access Download Full Book
  1. Cover
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Title Page
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Copyright Page
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Table of Contents
  2. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Note on Translation and Dates
  2. p. xi
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-xv
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-13
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 1. Exporting American Revolutions: Gouverneur Morris, Thomas Jefferson, and the Debate about the French Constitution, 1789
  2. pp. 15-37
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 2. “Was ever such a prize won with so little innocent blood?”: Political Violence and the Global Stakes of the French Revolution, 1790–1792
  2. pp. 39-63
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 3. Cosmopolitan Sensibilities and National Regeneration: The Work of Joel Barlow, 1792–1794
  2. pp. 64-87
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 4. “Strange, that Monroe should warn us against Jacobins!”: The Problem of Popular Sovereignty in Thermidorian Parisand Federalist America, 1794–1796
  2. pp. 88-110
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 5. The End of a Beautiful Friendship: Anti-Cosmopolitanism, Anti-Americanism, and Public Diplomacy, 1796–1799
  2. pp. 111-135
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Chapter 6. From Sister Republics to Republican Empires: The Jeffersonian Divorce from France and the Louisiana Purchase, 1800–1805
  2. pp. 136-164
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 165-170
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Notes
  2. pp. 171-201
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 203-225
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
  1. Index
  2. pp. 227-239
  3. restricted access
    • Download PDF Download
Back To Top

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Without cookies your experience may not be seamless.