Map of revolutions, mutinies and uprisings across the Americas, the Near-East and Europe at the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th. I wish it was better taught at school.
Bookwomble It seems European colonial and revolutionary history is poorly taught in the West. Same issue in the UK when I was at school. 2w
Dilara @Bookwomble Yes! I went to school in France in the 80s/90s. The 1789 French Revolution in mainland France was taught in reasonable detail, but subsequent revolutions, & anything happening in overseas territories or in other countries were glossed over or ignored, except for The Magna Carta, The Glorious Revolution & the American Revolutionary War as part of our citizenship class, & the 1917 Russian Rev as part of the WWI topic in history class. 2w
Dilara Curious about the curriculum in other countries, if anyone would like to tell us about it 😁 2w
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Bookwomble There were two streams of history taught in English high schools in the '70s: one was social and economic history, which I didn't do but which seemed to focus on the industrial revolution without really mentioning colonialism. I did world history, which included history of medicine, the American West, which did touch on the Native American genocide, but not in detail, and something about Chiang Kai-shek about which I recall only his name. 2w
Bookwomble Nothing that challenged the establishment of the Grand Idea of the British Empire, long defunct as it already was. 2w
Dilara @Bookwomble And we'd think things would have moved on since the 70s, but imperialism and colonialism are still taboo subjects in some quarters. 2w
kspenmoll Love maps! 1w
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