World Histories from Below: Disruption and Dissent, 1750 to the Present Burton Antoinette
World Histories from Below: Disruption and Dissent, 1750 to the Present Burton Antoinette History has traditionally privileged elites and their accomplishments. Arguing that disruption and dissent…
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World Histories from Below: Disruption and Dissent, 1750 to the Present Burton Antoinette
History has traditionally privileged elites and their accomplishments. Arguing that disruption and dissent are overlooked agents of historical change it takes a global view of topics including political revolution, religious conversion, labour struggles and body politics.This 2nd edition includes three additional chapters on indigenous peoples, migration and environmental histories from below. World Histories from Below provides an antidote, placing 'ordinary' people and subordinated subjects at the heart of the themes it explores.
Offering a study of these themes from 1750 to the present day, World Histories from Below refocuses our entire approach to With an updated introduction and conclusion, this enhanced text also includes additional images and case studies to grapple with themes that have more recently come to the fore, such as populism and the environment.
World Past to World Present