World Histories From Below Disruption and Dissent, 1750 to the Present

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.

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).

Introduction: From the Bottom Up: The Future of World Histories (Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA & Tony Ballantyne, University of Otago, New Zealand)
Chapter 1: Political Revolutions (M.J. Maynes, University of Minnesota, USA and Ann Waltner, University of Minnesota, USA)
Chapter 2: Labor Struggles (Ian Fletcher, Georgia State University, USA)
Chapter 3: Anticolonial Movements (Heather Streets-Salter, Northeatern University, USA)
Chapter 4: Global Mobilities (Clare Anderson, Leicester University, UK)
Chapter 5: Body Politics (Durba Ghosh, Cornell University, USA)
Chapter 6: Religious Conversions (Tony Ballantyne, University of Otago, New Zealand)
Chapter 7: Insurgent Citizenships (Eileen Ford, California State University, Los Angeles, USA)
Chapter 8: Grassroots Challenges (Nancy Brown, Brown University, USA)
Bibliography
Index

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