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World histories from below : disruption and dissent, 1750 to the present /

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"History has traditionally privileged elites and their accomplishments. World Histories from Below provides an antidote, placing 'ordinary' people and subordinated subjects at the heart of the themes it explores. Arguing that disruption and dissent are overlooked agents of historical...

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Other Authors: Burton, Antoinette M., 1961- (Editor), Ballantyne, Tony, 1972- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
World history > Textbooks.
Social history > Textbooks.
Dissenters > History > Textbooks.
Social conflict > History > Textbooks.
Revolutions > History > Textbooks.
Social change > History > Textbooks.
Dissenters.
Revolutions.
Social change.
Social conflict.
Social history.
World history.
History.
Textbooks.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Keywords : "world history," "below," and "dissent and disruption" / Antoinette Burton and Tony Ballantyne
  • Modern political revolutions : connecting grassroots political dissent and global historical transformations / M.J. Maynes and Ann Waltner
  • International and global anti-colonial movements / Heather Streets-Salter
  • Insurgent citizenship : armed rebellions and everyday acts of resistance in the Global South / Eileen M. Ford
  • Indigeneity, movement, and disrupting the global nineteenth century / T.J. Tallie
  • Body politics, sexualities, and the "modern family" in global history / Durba Ghosh
  • The persistence of the gods : religion in the modern world / Tony Ballantyne
  • Global mobilities / Clare Anderson
  • The anthropocene from below / Nancy J. Jacobs, Danielle Johnstone and Christopher Kelly
  • The anthropocene's "belows" : nature and power in global history / Robert Rouphail.