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Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire

By (author) Sujit Sivasundaram

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ThisÂ is a story ofÂ tides and coastlines,Â winds and waves,Â islands and beaches.Â It is alsoÂ a retellingÂ of indigenous creativity, agency, and resistance in the face of unprecedented globalization and violence.Â Waves Across the SouthÂ shiftsÂ theÂ narrativeÂ of the Age of Revolutions and the origins of the British Empire; itÂ foregrounds a vast southern zoneÂ thatÂ rangesÂ from the Arabian SeaÂ and southwest Indian OceanÂ across to the Bay of Bengal, and onward to the South Pacific andÂ theÂ Tasman Sea. AsÂ theÂ empiresÂ ofÂ theÂ Dutch, French,Â andÂ especiallyÂ theÂ BritishÂ reached across these regions,Â they faced a surge of revolutionary sentiment.Â Long-standing venerable Eurasian empires,Â established patterns of trade and commerce, and indigenous practiceÂ alsoÂ served as a context for this transformative era.Â InÂ addition to bringing long-ignoredÂ peopleÂ andÂ eventsÂ to the fore,Â SujitÂ SivasundaramÂ opens the door to new and necessary conversations aboutÂ environmental history,Â the consequences of historical violence,Â the legacies of empire,Â the extraction of resources, and the indigenous futures that Western imperialism cut short.Â The result is nothing less than aÂ boldÂ new way of understanding our global past, one that also helps us think afresh about our shared future.