How to Stage a Revolution

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS	LECTURE NOTES
1	Introduction and The 2011 Revolution in Egypt	The Ouster of Mubarak in Egypt January-February 2011 (PDF)
Unit 1: The American Revolution, 1763–1783 (Professor Wilder)
2	The American Revolution and the Problem of National History	None Available
3	Britain’s Fatal Triumph: The English Colonies, 1754–1765	Britain’s Fatal Triumph (PDF)
4	Race and Revolution: Slavery and the Roots of Colonial Independence	Race and Revolution (PDF)
5	A Manifesting Destiny: Transforming Colonists into Americans	None Available
6	A Violent Transfer of Sovereignty: The Birth of the United States	None Available
7	The New American Nation in a Turbulent Atlantic World	None Available
Unit 2: The French Revolution
8	The Origins of the French Revolution: Local and Global Issues	None Available
9	The Principles of 1789	None Available
10	The Collapse of the Monarchy and the Terror, 1791–1794	None Available
11	A Cultural Revolution?	None Available
12	Endings and Beginnings	Endings and Beginnings (PDF - 2.0MB)
Unit 3: The Haitian Revolution, 1784–1804 (Prof. Ghachem)
13	The Making of a Caribbean Plantation Colony: Slavery and Slave Revolts before the Revolution	The Making of a Caribbean Plantation Colony (PDF - 5.7MB)
14	How did the Revolution in Haiti Begin? (I) The Free People of Color	The Free People of Color (PDF - 4.8MB)
15	How Did Revolution in Haiti Begin? (II) The Slave Revolts	The Slave Revolts (PDF - 1.8MB)
16	Final Freedom? The Abolition of Slavery in Haiti	Final Freedom? (PDF - 4.0MB)
17	The Road to Independence: Toussaint Louverture’s Story	The Road to Independence: Toussaint Louverture’s Story (PDF - 2.6MB)
18	Achieving Statehood: Haiti Among the Powers of the Earth	Achieving Statehood: Haiti Among the Powers of the Earth (PDF - 3.2MB)
Unit 4: Outcomes, Theories, Comparisons
19	From Radicals to Conservatives: The United States after 1802	None Available
20	The United States from African Colonization to Indian Removal, 1816–1838	None Available
21	The Marxist Interpretation of the French Revolution	None Available
22	Panel Discussion: Hannah Arendt, “The Social Question”	None Available
23	Guest speaker: Yasmine el Rashidi	None Available
24	Comparing the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions	Compairing the Revolution (PDF)
25	Authoritarianism, Poverty, and Foreign Intervention: Explaining Modern Haiti	Explaining Modern Haiti (PDF - 2.5MB)
26	Revolution Today: Faculty and Student Discussion	Revolution Today (PDF - 3.8MB)
27	Conclusion and Student Evaluations	None Available