Waves Across the South
Book description
This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resistance in the face of unprecedented globalization and violence. Waves Across the South shifts the narrative of the Age of Revolutions and the origins of the…
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2 authors picked Waves Across the South as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The first book to successfully show that the age of revolutions also manifested itself in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. The book also reveals how the British “neutralized” (in what the author calls an “imperial counter-revolt” of "counter-revolution") the age of revolution by coopting concepts of liberty, free trade, reason, and progress.
From Wim's list on the Age of Revolutions.
Waves Across the South offers a stunningly original contribution to our knowledge of the age of revolutions, stretching its geographical range from the Atlantic world, and from India, China, and the Ottoman Empire (regions studied by historians from Barrington Moore to Chris Bayly) to the peoples of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. His approach is groundbreaking as he discusses repeated outbreaks of revolutionary violence across the Southern hemisphere, interpreting them through the eyes of native peoples rather than of European colonizers, and emphasizing the importance of local culture and physical environment.
From Alan's list on the history of the French Revolution and Empire.
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