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Beyond Compare: Comparative Method after the Transnational Turn.

Attributes the transnational approaches to history to anti- and postcolonial scholarship and argues that this body of thought contains an implicit critique of comparative method. Definition of transnational history; Benefits of comparison; Role of "Crisis" editor W. E. B. Du Bois in the comparison...

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Published in:Radical History Review no. 91; pp. 62 - 91
Main Author: Seigel, Micol
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Winter2005
Subjects:
History
Comparative studies
Equality
Social movements
African Americans
Black Brazilians
Du Bois, W. E. B., 1868-1963
United States
Brazil
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Attributes the transnational approaches to history to anti- and postcolonial scholarship and argues that this body of thought contains an implicit critique of comparative method. Definition of transnational history; Benefits of comparison; Role of "Crisis" editor W. E. B. Du Bois in the comparison regarding racial equity between the U.S. and Brazil; Information on the black movements in the U.S. and Brazil.