{"product_id":"9781487503956","title":"Patriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies","description":"Author: William Cormack\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781487503956\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Feb 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatriots, Royalists, and Terrorists in the West Indies examines the complex revolutionary struggle in Martinique and Guadeloupe from 1789 to 1802. The arrival of tricolour cockades  badges showing support for the French Revolution  and news from Paris in 1789 undermined the royal governors' authority, unleashed bitter conflict between white factions, and encouraged the aspirations of free people of colour to equality and black slaves to freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a detailed narrative of the shifting political developments, and analyses the roles of planter resentment of metropolitan control, social and racial tensions, and the ambiguity of revolutionary principles in a colonial setting. Recent scholarship has tended to over-emphasize the colonies' agency, and to accentuate the conflict between masters and slaves, while downplaying metropolitan influences. In contrast, this study seeks to restore the importance of destabilizing political struggles between white factions. It argues that metropolitan news, ideas, language, and political culture  the \"revolutionary script\" from France  played a key role in shaping the revolution in the colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919512322206,"sku":"ING-9781487503956","price":118.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781487503956.jpg?v=1782813325","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781487503956","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}