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Eric Beckman

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started reading Creole Archipelago by Tessa Murphy

Tessa Murphy: Creole Archipelago (2021, University of Pennsylvania Press) No rating

Interested in starting the calendar year with this as many World and European History classes are set to discuss Atlantic revolutions. Also, Murphy's thesis that creole social formations in the Caribbean maintained independence in the seventeenth century is similar to Witgen's assertion in Infinity of Nations--my last history read of 2024--with regard to the western Great Lakes region.

commented on An infinity of nations by Michael J. Witgen (Early American studies)

Michael J. Witgen: An infinity of nations (2012, University of Pennsylvania Press)

An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in …

I have lived much of my life in or near Anishinaabewaki which makes Witgen's narratives of this place using of Indigenous names especially interesting.

finished reading Americanos : Latin America's struggle for independence by Chasteen John Charles

Chasteen John Charles: Americanos : Latin America's struggle for independence (2008)

Useful and enjoyable. Chasteen's public-facing survey of the independence processes in Brazil and in Spanish America weaves together interesting and important stories.