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Liberating Narratives is a newsletter about decolonizing the teaching of world history. It is written by @bramhubbell.bsky.social LN: https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/ Bram: https://www.bramhubbell.com
Too often we teach late Imperial Russian economic shifts by focusing on how they didn't fully industrialize, but what did change? In this week's post, I write about the surprising economic shifts & their relevance to the global economy 🗺️🗃️ #histodons
“On Arrival at the Market with their Grain”: Grain and Mass Production in Late Imperial Russia
Rethinking how we teach late imperial Russia’s economic changes
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There are lots of examples of Siberian resistance to Russian expansion. Here are a few examples for teaching. What other ones do folks have? Teach more resistance to imperialism! 🗺️🗃️ #histodons
“Death Came Suddenly to the Brave Troops and Valiant Cossacks”: Indigenous Resistance to Russian Expansion in Siberia
The Russian “conquest” of Siberia regularly encountered Siberian resistance
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Time for a new post! How can we teach Russian history from a more global perspective? Let's start with the fur trade. I'll also be writing a few more posts on teaching Russia in world history. 🗺️🗃️ #Histodons
“Sables, Ermines, and Squirrel Skins”: Teaching the Fur Trade and Russia in World History
Teaching Russian history and the fur trade
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Time for a new post! How can we teach Russian history from a more global perspective? Let's start with the fur trade. I'll also be writing a few more posts on teaching Russia in world history. 🗺️🗃️ #Histodons
“Sables, Ermines, and Squirrel Skins”: Teaching the Fur Trade and Russia in World History
Teaching Russian history and the fur trade
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Back with a new post about the African and Asian history of Lisbon 🗺️🗃️ #histodons
Narrating the Global History of Lisbon
Lisbon is more than a European city; it’s also an African and Asia city
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Looking for some ideas about teaching European colonization of Africa? Let's start with centering African perspectives. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/things-have-gone-from-bad-to-worse
“Things Have Gone From Bad to Worse”: Five Strategies for Teaching New Imperialism in Africa
Teaching the Scramble of Africa from an African perspective
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Introducing decolonization with two Southeast Asian examples from 1945 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/they-have-deprived-our-people-of-every-democratic-liberty/
“They Have Deprived our People of Every Democratic Liberty”: 1945 and the End of Empire
Teaching the origins of decolonization in 1945
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Formerly colonized people frequently expressed solidarity with others in the struggle against imperialism. We can teach solidarity using speeches from the Bandung Conference. 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/colonialism-in-all-its-manifestations-is-an-evil-2/
“Colonialism in All Its Manifestations is an Evil”: The Bandung Conference and Anti-Imperial Solidarity
Teaching anti-imperial solidarity using the Bandung Conference
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Rethinking how we teach imperialism to focus more on indigenous resistance 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/do-not-mention-the-word-surrender/
“Do not Mention the Word Surrender”: New Imperialism and the Persistence of Resistance in French Indochina
Cambodians and Vietnamese repeatedly challenged French imperialism
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New post on everyday resistance in interwar French Senegal 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/a-situation-of-complete-inertia/
“A Situation of Complete Inertia and a Widespread Apathy”: Teaching Everyday Resistance to French Imperialism in Senegal in the 1920s and 1930s
What were the weapons of the weak in French Senegal?
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New post on teaching the consequences of Stalin's first Five-Year Plan with primary forces and a focus on the Holodomor 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/hunger-was-the-word-i-heard-most/
“Hunger Was the Word I Heard Most”: Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan and Its Consequences
Discussion of teaching the Holodomor using primary sources
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New post on teaching how states around the world became more involved in directing economic development in the 1930s 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-changing-role-of-government-involvement/
The Changing Role of Government Involvement in the Economy in the 1930s
Teaching how states worldwide took a more active approach to directing economic development in the 1930s
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New post on teaching the consequences of new military technology in the First World War 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-deadliest-instrument-of-warfare/
“The Deadliest Instrument of Warfare Yet Devised”: Teaching the Consequences of New Technology in the First World War
Discussion of primary sources for teaching the effects of poisonous gas in the First World War
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Most teachers focus on total war in the First World War. We often use examples from the Western Front, but what did total war look like in the Ottoman Empire? 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/total-war-and-the-ottoman-empire/
Total War and the Ottoman Empire
Using Ottoman primary sources to teach total war
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New post on using primary sources to teach how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia 🗺️🗃️ https://www.liberatingnarratives.com/british-justifications-for-colonizing-southeast-asia/
British Justifications for Colonizing Southeast Asia
Teaching how the British justified imperialism in Southeast Asia
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I wrote about using chess to teach about pre-modern Afroeurasian exchange. Chess is a fun way to teach about exchange routes from a global perspective. There’s lots of visual primary sources as well. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/set-this-che...
“Set this Chessboard and its Pieces Before Your Most Learned Men”: Teaching Chess and the Games of World History
Teaching Afroeurasian exchange using chess
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It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...
Europeans Didn’t Discover the World
It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”
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It’s time to replace “discovery” and “exploration” with navigation and colonization. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/europeans-di...
Europeans Didn’t Discover the World
It’s time to stop calling it an “Age of Discovery” or an “Age of Exploration”
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Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-problem-...
The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia
Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history
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Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/the-problem-...
The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia
Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history
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New post on global feminism and its support for internationalism between the world wars 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/all-women-th...
“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950
Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s
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New post on global feminism and its support for internationalism between the world wars 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/all-women-th...
“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950
Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s
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New free post! Everyone should know about the Haitian Revolution - here are five resources for learning more or for classroom use 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...
Five Excellent Resources for Teaching or Learning about the Haitian Revolution
Learn more about the significance and legacies of the Haitian Revolution
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New free post! Everyone should know about the Haitian Revolution - here are five resources for learning more or for classroom use 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...
Five Excellent Resources for Teaching or Learning about the Haitian Revolution
Learn more about the significance and legacies of the Haitian Revolution
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New post about teaching global feminism between 1750 & 1850 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/you-will-nev...
“You Will Never Stop The Emancipation of Women”: Teaching Global Feminism in the Age of Revolutions, c.1750 - c.1850
Teaching the early development of global feminism from 1750 to 1850
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Last week I wrote about the causes of the Haitian Revolution and got lots of great feedback. Thanks 🙏 I also had a couple of sources I left out and wanted to share. 🗺️🗃️ #histodons www.liberatingnarratives.com/...
The Enlightenment Didn’t Cause the Haitian Revolution
Enslaved Africans in Saint-Domingue had many reasons to revolt... the Enlightenment wasn't one of them
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Teaching global feminism in world history is like teaching resistance by enslaved Africans or colonized peoples. It should be our default approach. Women (and a few men) have consistently challenged patriarchy and pushed for greater equality. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/souls-are-ne...
“Souls are neither Male nor Female”: Teaching Global Feminism in World History, c.1750 to Present
Discussion of teaching global feminism from 1750 to present
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New post! I discuss how Marlene Daut’s new book on Henry Christophe and Julia Gaffield’s book on Jean-Jacques Dessalines are helpful to world history courses. 🗺️🗃️ www.liberatingnarratives.com/astonish-the-world/
“Astonish the World”: Teaching Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe
Discussion of teaching Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe
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