Jeremy D. Popkin

The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society, even if, after more than two hundred years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting and comprehensive account of the French Revolution, plunging readers into the heart of the debates, turmoil, and bloodshed that...

Learn about the first time in history that people of colour overthrew a European colonial regime to establish an independent country. Describing the only successful slave revolt in world history, the newly revised Second Edition of A Concise History of the Haitian Revolution delivers a nuanced and rigorous treatment of the events of the Haitian Revolution of the late 18th...

A new history of slavery and the French Revolution. The First Emancipation is a dramatic account of how slavery and race profoundly influenced the course of the French Revolution and had a central impact on the lives of key leaders, including Mirabeau, Robespierre, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon. Acclaimed historian Jeremy D. Popkin brings this often-forgotten story to life, highlighting the...