World Histories From Below: Disruption and Dissent, 1750 to the Present
Antoinette Burton · Tony Ballantyne
Sep 2016 · Bloomsbury Publishing
Ebook
256
Pages
About this ebook
An emphasis on global structures and forces tends to privilege elites and their accomplishments, especially in the grand narratives of student textbooks. This book is an antidote to such studies and places 'ordinary' people and subordinated subjects at the heart of its analysis, arguing that disruption and dissent are overlooked agents of historical change. The contributors range from leaders in the field to rising stars, and cover themes including:
- religious conversions
- political revolutions
- labor struggles
- body politics.
Each chapter takes a global view of the topic at hand, creating an accessible study of its subject from 1750 to the present day. World Histories From Below has the potential to refocus our entire approach to teaching world history.
- religious conversions
- political revolutions
- labor struggles
- body politics.
Each chapter takes a global view of the topic at hand, creating an accessible study of its subject from 1750 to the present day. World Histories From Below has the potential to refocus our entire approach to teaching world history.
About the author
Antoinette Burton is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, USA. Her recent publications include A Primer for Teaching World History: Ten Design Principles (2012) and Brown over Black: Race and the Politics of Postcolonial Citation (2012).
Tony Ballantyne is Professor of History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His recent publications include Webs of Empire: Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past (2012) and (edited with Antoinette Burton) Moving Subjects: Gender, Mobility, and Intimacy in an Age of Global Empire (2009).
Tony Ballantyne is Professor of History at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His recent publications include Webs of Empire: Locating New Zealand's Colonial Past (2012) and (edited with Antoinette Burton) Moving Subjects: Gender, Mobility, and Intimacy in an Age of Global Empire (2009).
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