An exploration of hypothetical turning points in history from Ancient Greece to September 11\nWhat if history, as we know it, had run another course? Touching on alternate histories of the future and the past, or uchronias, A Past of Possibilities encourages deeper consideration of watershed moments in the course of history. Wide-ranging in scope, it examines the Boxer Rebellion in China, the 1848 revolution in France, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, and integrates science fiction, history, historiography, sociology, anthropology, and film. In probing the genre of literature and history that is fascinated with hypotheticals surrounding key points in history, Quentin Deluermoz and Pierre Singaravélou reach beyond a mere reimagining of history, exploring the limits and potentials of the futures past. From the most bizarre fiction to serious scientific hypothesis, they provide a survey of the uses of counterfactual histories, methodological issues on the possible in social sciences, and practical proposals for using alternate histories in research and the wider public.

A Past of Possibilities: A History of What Could Have Been

Literature & Fiction

Deluermoz, Quentin

Singaravélou, Pierre

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Full of gripping historical vignettes and evocative photographs, an accessible overview of the dynamic figures who resisted colonization, from India, Senegal, and Algeria to Vietnam, Kenya, and Congo.\nDecolonization started on the very first day of colonization.\nFrom the arrival of the Europeans, the peoples of Africa and Asia rose up. No one willingly accepts subjugation, but in order to one day regain freedom, you first and foremost need to stay alive. Faced with the Europeans’ machine guns, the colonized hit back in other ways: from civil disobedience to communist revolution, by way of soccer and literature. It was a struggle marked by infinite patience and unlimited determination, fought by heroic men and women now largely unknown. 
Condensing a wealth of scholarly research into short, lively chapters, Decolonization brings their extraordinary stories to light: 
Manikarnika Tambe, the Indian queen who led her troops into battle against the British; 
Mary Nyanjiru, the Kenyan activist who spearheaded a protest in Nairobi; 
Lamine Senghor, the Senegalese infantryman who became an anti-colonial militant in Paris; 
and many more. 
With them, a current of resistance swept the world, culminating in the independence of almost all the colonies in the 1960s. But at what price? In the atomic India of Indira Gandhi, in the Congo subjected to Mobutu’s dictatorship, or in a London shaken by the rioting of young immigrants, we can see just how crucial it is that we understand and learn from this painful history.

Decolonization: Unsung Heroes of the Resistance

History

Miské, Karim

Ball, Marc

World

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