Improbable Voices
A History of the World Since 1450 Seen From 26 Unusual Perspectives
Improbable Voices
A History of the World Since 1450 Seen From 26 Unusual Perspectives
A History of the World Since 1450 Seen From 26 Unusual Perspectives
A History of the World Since 1450 Seen From 26 Unusual Perspectives
The book's purpose dovetails with national efforts to give voice to those who have been overlooked for too long.
This uniquely told world history interweaves the lives of twenty-six women and men who are not well known with the major political, economic, social, and cultural developments that have shaped the human experience through the course of the last 570 years. Meticulously researched and hailed by scholars, yet purposefully written for a broad audience, this book details the lives of doctors and musicians, aristocrats and artists, businessmen and suffragettes, scientists and generals who made essential, but now largely forgotten contributions to places and eras as diverse as Reformation Europe, Mughal India, Tokugawa Japan, colonial Australia, and post-colonial Kenya. Improbable Voices possesses both the vivid depth and the expansive breadth a satisfying history of the world warrants.
Derek Dwight Anderson is an independent high school history teacher and librarian with 35 years of teaching experience. He is also a dedicated world traveler who loves museums, large and small. Improbable Voices is Anderson's first book and represents the cumulative integration of his professiohttps://websites.godaddy.com/othernal and personal interests.
Anderson holds a B.A. from Bates College and a Master of Library and Information Science from San José State University. He also studied at the University of Edinburgh. Currently a senior full time faculty member at Marin Academy in San Rafael, California, Anderson lives with his partner in Sausalito. He is currently teaching an interdisciplinary world history course that integrates history, art history, and studio art.
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Robert Kellerman of Washington DC History and Culture will interview Derek and Derek will offer a presentation on the value of historical un...
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Franklin Escobedo, the Director of the Larkspur Library in Larkspur, California, interviewed Derek as part of the library's local authors series. You can watch the interview here.
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How might Improbable Voices be used in a class or book group? For each chapter, please see various ways Improbable Voices might be used as a primary or supplemental text for a modern world history class or as a selection for a regular book group. There are discussion questions, writing prompts, project ideas, links to recent scholarship and more.
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