Defining something that lacks a specific definition is\nalways going to be difficult. I need only need to look to my blog post last\nweek and Jamie\u2019s comments underneath to find evidence of this. Casalilla perspective\nthat any historians have the \u2018right to use the methods of transnational history\u2019\nis interesting and something I agree with. Transnational has re-emphasised the importance\nof the movement and connection. However, this only reflects one half of the\nwords meaning. The reference to the nation makes the subject area more\napparent, transnationalism focuses on the interaction of peoples between national\nboundaries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will admit that this is a simplistic overview, as was\nestablished in class week there are a plethora of subsections within the field.\nFor example, interaction, the movement between borders can cover a broad range\nof topics in a multitude of different ways. The reading so far this semester have\nlargely focused on peoples and yet transnationalism can also be applied to commodities\nand the growth of networks. It can, therefore, be argued that the engulfing\nfield which is transnational history requires one simplistic overarching definition\nto tie the field together. Now I am not claiming to the perfect answer to this,\nhowever, if I was to attempt it in a sentence I would state that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transnational history\nis the study of a subject\u2019s interaction and or movement across national\nboundaries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I think many will argue against this, stating it misses the\nnuances of transnationalism, and on one hand people are right. Yet, as a firm\nbeliever in the practicality of history, transnationalism needs to be definable\nin an easily understandable format if it is to have any impact on popular\nhistory. Something that I believe to be imperative in a world which seems to growing\napart, for people need to understand that the world has been built upon\ninteraction and engagement rather than the story told by isolationist national\nnarratives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Defining something that lacks a specific definition is always going to be difficult. I need only need to look to my blog post last week and Jamie\u2019s comments underneath to find evidence of this. Casalilla perspective that any historians have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5wNtZ-mX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1424,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423\/revisions\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transnationalhistory.net\/doing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}