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Transnational Lives : Biographies of Global Modernity, 1700-present /

The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, ra...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Deacon, Desley (Editor), Russell, Penny (Editor), Woollacott, Angela (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:Palgrave Macmillan transnational history series.
Subjects:
History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Literature, general.
Migration.
Modern History.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Emigration and immigration.
History, Modern.
Imperialism.
Literature.
Social history.
World history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The transnationalism of ordinary lives threatens the stability of national identity and unsettles the framework of national histories and biography. This book takes mobility, not nation, as its frame, and captures a rich array of lives, from the elite to the subaltern, that have crossed national, racial and cartographic boundaries.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 311 pages)
ISBN:9780230277472
DOI:10.1057/9780230277472