Researching Ghadar has involved using a range of different source bases. In addition to published memoirs and collections of official documents – available through inter-library loan – I have consulted contemporary newspapers online through the library subscription to the ProQuest
Scale and Scope in Transnational History
It is clear from the literature on the topic that the level of detail in an article or book is an important consideration in the writing of transnational history. The two examples of transnational history that we read this week,
Space and Scale within Microhistory
Critics of transnational history seem to attribute the term as a buzzword, a fad occurring within the historical discipline. Despite the opinions of its proponents and opponents, both would agree that transnational history is by no means new. Its rise
Microhistory – The enticing potential & the great challenge
Our discussion this morning centred heavily on pinpointing the value of microhistory, with close reference to the article “A Chinese Farmer, Two African Boys; and a Warlord” by Tonio Andrade, and Heather Streets-Salter’s “The Local was Global: The Singapore Mutiny
Micro History, Global History, Narrative and the Transnational Perspective
Since its heyday in the 1970s and 80s, cresting the waves of Ginzburg’s breakthrough tale of cheese and worms, micro history has remained both a popular and yet controversial methodology. However, in a field such as global history, micro history
Doing Microhistory in a Global world
Transnational history and Global history have commonly been mistaken as the same thing; this they are not, but it is important to consider their shared suspicion of monocausal and unilinear macro-explanations. Great strides have been made in building powerful, complex
Micro History: Putting the ‘Story’ back into History
When I first began reading about history, I remember becoming engrossed into the stories from the past, whether it was Paul Revere’s famous night ride from Boston on the eve of the start of the American Revolution or Adolph Hitler’s