The French Revolution and Napoleon

This up-to-date study by two leading experts situates the French Revolution within its global dimensions, including the important issue of slavery and the Haitian Revolution. The primary source extracts, sample questions, timelines, maps and images provide invaluable aids for students, helping them to master key events and personalities, and giving them the necessary confidence to explore the deeper significance of this seismic historical period. * Marisa Linton, Professor Emerita in History, Kingston University, UK * Lynn Hunt and Jack N. Censer, two of today's most celebrated historians, have brought to fruition an extraordinarily rich and compelling, yet accessible account of the geopolitical stakes and global transformations of the French and Haitian Revolutions and the Napoleonic wars. The second edition of the text includes sparkling new narrative that incorporates the latest research and scholarly debates as well as an expanded toolkit of images, primary and secondary sources, critical questions, and timelines. The French Revolution and Napoleon is bar none the best textbook available for educators and students of this foundational period. * Christy L Pichichero, Associate Professor, George Mason University, USA * To elucidate the French Revolution and Napoleonic era, this innovative book combines analysis of domestic factors and global forces, such as the transnational circulation of ideas, conflicts over empire and slavery, and warfare within Europe and the Atlantic world. Written in an evocative and accessible way, this second edition also incorporates new material on historiography and primary sources to illuminate the political significance and interpretive stakes of this pivotal era. * Suzanne Desan, Vilas-Shinners Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *