Politics and Leadership in the Age of Revolutions, 1776-1826

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Examines political thought and political leadership in the era of the American, French, Haitian and Latin American Revolutions. Begins with a look at Enlightenment political thought, focusing on natural rights, constitutionalism and political economy. Then considers leading political ideas connected with each of the great upheavals that began with the American Revolution and ended, 50 years later, with the independence of Latin America. Examines the record of political leadership during the same episodes, via biographies of figures such as Washington and Jefferson, Sièyes and Robespierre, Toussaint and Napoleon, Bolivar and San Martin.