Janet Polasky

Research Interests
- Comparative history
- Eighteenth-century Atlantic Revolution
- European women's history
- Urban history
Courses Taught
- HIST 444J: Honors/Global Citizenship
- HIST 565: Women in Modern Europe
- HIST 566: Revolution in World pre-Marx
- HIST 665/865: Themes in Women's History
- HIST 695: Independent Study
- HIST 797: Colloquium/
- INCO 790: Adv Rsrch Exp/History
Selected Publications
Polasky, J. L. (2016). Revolutionaries Between Nations, 1776–1789. Past & Present. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/188
Polasky, J. L. (2015). Contemporary Urban Reform in London and Brussels. In Cities Beyond Borders: Comparative and Transnational Approaches to Urban History. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/199
Polasky, J. L. (2015). Revolutions Without Borders : The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/194
De Block, G., & Polasky, J. L. (2011). Light railways and the rural–urban continuum: technology, space and society in late nineteenth-century Belgium. Journal of Historical Geography. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/189
Polasky, J. L. (2010). Reforming Urban Labor : Routes to the City, Roots in the Country. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/195
Polasky, J. L. (2006). Liberal Nationalism and Modern Regional Identity, Revolutionary Belgium 1786-1831. In Liberty and the Search for Identity. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/210
Polasky, J. L. (2005). The Brabant Revolution, a Revolution in Historiographical Perception. Revue belge d’histoire contemporaine. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/207
Polasky, J. L. (2001). Een typisch Belgisch Fenomeen: de Werkmanstreinen en hun sociaal-economisch impact. In Sporen in België : 175 jaar spoorwegen, 75 jaar NMBS. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/222
Polasky, J. L. (2001). Transplanting and Rooting Workers in London and Brussels: A Comparative Perspective. The Journal of Modern History. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/221
Polasky, J. L. (1995). Le Patron. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/197
Polasky, J. L. (1995). The Democratic Socialism of Emile Vandervelde, Between Reform and Revolution. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/196
Polasky, J. L. (1990). Women in Revolutionary Belgium: The Source of our Greatest Strength. In Women and Politics in the Age of Democratic Revolution. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/229
Polasky, J. L. (1989). Counter-revolution in Comparative Perspective. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/231
Polasky, J. L. (1987). Revolution in Brussels 1787-1793. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/198
Polasky, J. L. (1986). Women in Revolutionary Belgium: From Stone Throwers to Hearth Tenders. History Workshop Journal, 21(1), 87-104. doi:10.1093/hwj/21.1.87
Polasky, J. L. (1984). Traditionalists, Democrats, and Jacobins in Revolutionary Brussels. The Journal of Modern History, 56(2), 227-262. doi:10.1086/242666
Polasky, J. L. (1981). Liberalism and Biculturalism. In Conflict and coexistence in Belgium : the dynamics of a culturally divided society. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/236
Polasky, J. L. (1980). Revolution, Industrialization, and the Brussels Commercial Bourgeoisie, 1780-1793. Revue belge d’histoire contemporaine. Retrieved from https://scholars.unh.edu/history_facpub/237