Exiles : three island journeys
Atkins, William (Editor)2023
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This is the story of three unheralded nineteenth-century dissidents, whose lives were profoundly shaped by the winds of empire, nationalism and autocracy that continue to blow strongly today - Louise Michel, a leader of the radical socialist government known as the Paris Commune; Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, an enemy of British colonialism in Zululand; and Lev Shternberg, a militant campaigner against Russian tsarism. In 'Exiles', William Atkins travels to their islands of banishment - Michel's New Caledonia in the South Pacific, Dinuzulu's St Helena in the South Atlantic, and Shternberg's Sakhalin off the Siberian coast - in a bid to understand how exile shaped them and the people among whom they were exiled. In doing so he illuminates the solidarities that emerged between the exiled subject, on the one hand, and the colonised subject, on the other.
Main title:
Exiles : three island journeys / William Atkins.
Author:
Atkins, William (Editor), author
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780571352999 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.906914
Language:
English
Subject:
Michel, Louise, 1830-1905 -- Exile -- New CaledoniaDinuzulu, approximately 1868-1913 -- Exile -- Saint HelenaShternberg, Lev I︠A︡kovlevich, 1861-1927 -- Exile -- Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a ︡oblast)̕ExilesAtkins, William (Editor) -- Travel -- New CaledoniaAtkins, William (Editor) -- Travel -- Saint HelenaAtkins, William (Editor) -- Travel -- Russia (Federation) -- Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a ︡oblast)̕New Caledonia -- Description and travelSaint Helena -- Description and travelSakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) -- HistorySociety
BRN:
2371204
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