Routledge Companion to the French Revolution in World History

Alan Forrest is emeritus professor of modern history at the University of York. His publications include Paris, the Provinces and the French Revolution (2004); The Legacy of the French Revolutionary Wars: The Nation-in-Arms in French Republican Memory (2009); Napoleon: Life, Legacy and Image (2011); and, most recently, Waterloo (2015).Matthias Middell is the director of the Global and European Studies Institute of the University of Leipzig. His publications include Transnational Challenges to National History Writing (2013); 1989 in a Global Perspective (2014); and, most recently, Multiple Secularities beyond the West: Religion and Modernity in the Global Age (2015).

"Anyone interested in the French Revolution's place in world history must start with this wide-ranging and innovative volume. The most recent and original scholarship is brought together by a group of international historians to revitalize one of the most important areas of historical scholarship. The French Revolution, which had been for so long studied within a narrow national context, can only truly be understood within the context of world developments."Lynn Hunt, UCLA, USA"These essays offer a much needed and thought-provoking exploration of the global origins and repercussions of the French Revolution. Combining synthesis with original scholarship, this invaluable collection challenges us to rethink not only the French Revolution, but also revolution itself as an international process." Suzanne Desan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

• Introduction 1. Alan Forrest/ Matthias Middell, Introduction Section I: Global Repercussions of the French Revolution Section introduction: The French Revolution and the Wider World 2. Matthias Middell, The French Revolution in the global world of the eighteenth century; 3. Pierre Serna, Federating Europe? Sister Republics under the Directory 4. Frédéric Régent, Revolution in France, Revolutions in the Caribbean 5. Michael Zeuske, Miranda and revolutionary thought in Latin America; 6. Rachida Tlili, The French Revolution and the Mediterranean 7. Ian Coller, The French Revolution and the Islamic World Section II: Topics of a Transnational History of the French Revolution: Comparisons Section introduction: The French Revolution in a Comparative Perspective 8. Robert Griffiths, Cross-Channel Entanglements: 1689-1789 9. David Andress: Atlantic Entanglements: Comparing the French and American Revolutions 10. Hiroshi Mitani, Meiji Regeneration of Japan: an Alternative Model of Revolution? Section III. Topics of a Transnational History of the French Revolution: Entanglements Section introduction: Dimensions of Revolutionary Entanglement 11. Alan Forrest, War and Cultural Exchange in Europe 12. Annie Jourdan, Napoleonic Europe and the Legacy of the French Revolution; 13. Ultán Gillen, Irish Revolutionaries and the French Revolution 14. Pascal Dupuy, British Radicals and the Image of Revolutionary France Section IV: Traditions of Seeing and Interpreting the French Revolution Section introduction: Remembrance and Political Reference 15. Peter McPhee: The French Revolution seen from the Terres Australes; 16. Alexander Tchoudinov, The Evolution of the Russian Discourse on the French Revolution; 17. Gao Yi, French Revolutionary Violence: a Talisman for the Chinese Communist Party?