Sujit Sivasundaram
Sri Lankan-born British historian specializing in the Indian Ocean, the British Empire, and the history of science; Professor of World History at the University of Cambridge and author of works including Waves Across the South, Islanded, and Nature and the Godly Empire.
Books
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1. Waves Across The South
A New History of Revolution and Empire
A reinterpretation of the Age of Revolutions from the vantage of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, this work follows sailors, missionaries, scientists, traders, and Indigenous communities to show how oceanic routes, winds, and coastlines shaped modern empire and resistance. It highlights Indigenous agency, the violence of conquest, and the rise of imperial technologies—such as mapping, surveying, and steam power—that reordered law, labor, and environments. By shifting the lens away from the Atlantic, it reveals a southern, sea-centered story of revolution and counter-revolution that remade the modern world.
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