Posted on August 16, 2008 by Ugly Sister
Articles by the historians and social theorists Ranajit Guha, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Vinay Bahl, Florencia Mallon and others, examine the origin, development, and potential of Subaltern Studies within the academic community. The selected works discussed below address the social and economic implications of this post-colonial approach to historical interpretation. Introduced in India by historian Ranajit [...]
Filed under: culture, history, post-colonialism | Tagged: books, Guha, historiography, history, India, post-colonialism, Subaltern Studies | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 15, 2008 by Ugly Sister
In The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850, Lester Langley analyzes the chaos and complexity of the American Revolution (1776), the Haitian Revolution (1791), and the Spanish Wars of Independence (1810s & 1820s). Langley justifies his choice of revolutionary struggles by claiming that each event featured the involvement of popular forces in the [...]
Filed under: Latin American History, books, history, post-colonialism, review | Tagged: Bolivar, book review, colonialism, Haiti, history, Latin America, revolution, Spanish American independence | Leave a Comment »
