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Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History (review)

In spite of the obvious impacts French, American, Haitian, and Spanish-American revolutions had on each other and the relatively narrow period in which they occurred (approximately 1770–1824), it would appear that no one before this new work by Wim Klooster has attempted to compare the four in a single volume. This “Age of Atlantic Revolutions” has produced a huge body of secondary literature on each revolution; it is understandable why many would shy away from such an ambitious undertaking as a comparison of the four. The organization of this work and its overall presentation are models of clarity. After a brief introduction, Klooster takes the reader through four chapters (one each on the four revolutions) and then ends with a succinct comparative conclusion. The work is very readable, and Klooster is to be commended for distilling some very complex series of events into a readable synopsis that is both engaging and easy to follow. After his discussion of each revolution, in his conclusion Klooster notes that these revolutions share four features: