Though whaling has existed since ancient and prehistoric times, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries it experienced its rise, height, and decline as a commercial industry. As a facilitator of transnational maritime networks, the introduction of new whaling technology in
The Scots and Esperanto
From the early colonisers and traders going out into the world, to leading intellectuals of the Enlightenment, we can recognise many Scots as significant examples of Transnational and Global actors. So, should we really be surprised by the involvement of
Unifying the World? Kang Youwei’s Vision of the Global in Datong Shu
In his posthumously-published work, Datong Shu, or The Book of Great Unity, Qing intellectual and statesman Kang Youwei (1858-1927) outlines a utopian image of a united “One World,” or “Great Unity.” In Kang’s utopian society, the “nine boundaries” of human
Take the Leap
Probably one of my greatest struggles is decision making. I hate having to choose what to have for dinner, what movie to go see, what modules to take and, mostly, what topic I should choose for projects and essays. It
Chinese-Cubans: ‘Chineseness’ and ‘Cubanidad’ during the Chinese Civil War (1945-49) and Cuban Communist Revolution (1953-58)
‘Migration’, the movement of people across borders, is not alien to historical research. Recently, historians have examined the way migration has influenced identity in ‘diasporas’: migrants from the same origin that have settled in a new place. This research has
If The World?
Having just completed the first essay for this transnational history course, I want to briefly reflect on some thought that have lingered with me recently. Several weeks ago I was struck by a quote by Roger Chartier in the French
The Mitford Sisters: transnational aristocracy
The last of the Mitford Sisters died in 2014. Deborah Cavendish, known to the world as Debo the Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, was a well liked English eccentric of the sort the aristocracy can be relied on to produce. She