19. The Freedom-Fighters of the 1830s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Introduction: The American Revolution and the Origins of Democratic Modernity 1
5. 1. First Rumblings 25
6. 2. A Republican Revolution 36
7. 3. Revolutionary Constitutionalism and the Federal Union (1776– 90) 70
8. 4. Schooling Republicans 90
9. 5. Benjamin Franklin: “American Icon”? 113
10. 6. Black Emancipation: Confronting Slavery in the New Republic 140
11. 7. Expropriating the Native Americans 158
12. 8. Whites Dispossessed 174
13. 9. Canada: An Ideological Conflict 191
14. 10. John Adams’s “American Revolution” 211
15. 11. Jefferson’s French Revolution 246
16. 12. A Tragic Case: The Irish Revolution (1775– 98) 285
17. 13. America’s “Conservative Turn”: The Emerging “Party System” in the 1790s 321
18. 14. America and the Haitian Revolution 361
19. 15. Louisiana and the Principles of ’76 385
20. 16. A Revolutionary Era: Napoleon, Spain, and the Americas (1808– 15) 423
21. 17. Reaction, Radicalism, and Américanisme under “the Restoration” (1814– 30) 456
22. 18. The Greek Revolution (1770– 1830) 495
23. 19. The Freedom-Fighters of the 1830s 512
24. 20. The Revolutions of 1848: Democratic Republicanism versus Socialism 547
25. 21. American Reaction (1848– 52) 568
26. Conclusion: “Exceptionalism,” Populism, and the Radical Enlightenment’s Demise 600
27. Notes 615
28. Bibliography 683
29. Index 727