Title Rogue revolutionaries : the fight for legitimacy in the greater Caribbean / Vanessa Mongey

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Early American studies Early American studies. Contents Introduction. Foreigners of Desperate Fortune -- Chapter 1. Ghostly Governments: Statehood and Sovereignty -- Chapter 2. Traveling Words: Communication Circuits -- Chapter 3. American Freedom Fighters: The Struggle for Equality -- Chapter 4. Revolutionary Dreams: Diplomatic Games and International Politics -- Chapter 5. Crocodiles and Country Houses: Revolutionary Memories -- Conclusion. Monitoring the Contagion of Revolution -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments Summary In Rogue Revolutionaries, Vanessa Mongey revives a lost and fleeting world of cosmopolitan radicalism through the stories of "foreigners of desperate fortune" who sought to ignite revolutions and create their own independent states. Their quest for recognition clashed with the growing power of nation-states and a new international order Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed November 30, 2020) Subject Revolutionaries -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century Revolutionaries -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century Revolutions -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century Revolutions -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century Legitimacy of governments -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century Legitimacy of governments -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 19th century Legitimacy of governments Revolutionaries Revolutions SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- History -- To 1810. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001302 Caribbean Area -- History -- 1810-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88001304 Subject Caribbean Area Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812297577 0812297571

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