The Limits of Transnationalism. By Nancy L. Green. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. 208 pp. ISBN: 9780226608280 (paper)

Here, historical studies of the gender politics of expatriation in empires or the Global South, such as Emmanuelle Saada's Empire's Children or Sumita Mukherjee's Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks,1 would provide important comparisons. While they show t...

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Published in:The Journal of Asian Studies 2020, Vol.79 (4), p.1077-1079
Main Author: Hahn, H. Hazel
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Asian studies
Book Reviews—Transnational and Comparative
Children
Citizenship
Colleges & universities
Females
Globalization
Green, Nancy L
Historians
Historiography
Politics
Race
Storytelling
Transnationalism
Wealth
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Summary:Here, historical studies of the gender politics of expatriation in empires or the Global South, such as Emmanuelle Saada's Empire's Children or Sumita Mukherjee's Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks,1 would provide important comparisons. While they show that even for those with access to powerful networks, transnationalism had its limits, it is possible that a larger number of case studies in different classes and regions of the world could yield different conclusions. Ultimately, it is the methodological acuity, wealth of insights, and bravura storytelling that make this book a must-read for anyone interested in transnationalism or microhistory. 1 Emmanuelle Saada, Empire's Children: Race, Filiation, and Citizenship in the French Colonies (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012); Sumita Mukherjee, Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2018). hahnh@seattleu.edu
ISSN:0021-9118
1752-0401
DOI:10.1017/S0021911820002946