“Independence and Abolition Went Hand in Hand”: Julia Gaffield on Jean-Jacques Dessalines

“Independence and Abolition Went Hand in Hand”: Julia Gaffield on Jean-Jacques Dessalines

I Have Avenged America: Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Haiti’s Fight for Freedom is a new biography by Professor Julia Gaffield of William & Mary. The book sheds light on the life and legacy of... Read more »
Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic

Are Species Timeless?: Talking with Bathsheba Demuth About the Arctic

The first thing you should know about Bathsheba Demuth’s Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait is that it is a beautiful book and you should stop reading this right... Read more »
Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, an…

Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, an…

Chinese workers helped build the modern world. They labored on New World plantations, worked in South African mines, and toiled through the construction of the Panama Canal, among many other projects. While... Read more »
End fossil-fuel era to address colonial injustices, urges prominent historian | Colonialism

End fossil-fuel era to address colonial injustices, urges prominent historian | Colonialism

Cities in the global north that curb their carbon emissions are doing more to address colonial injustices than those who focus their efforts on taking down statues and changing street names, one... Read more »
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