'Fresh, sparkling and ground-breaking, Waves Across the South helps re-centre how we look at the world and opens up new perspectives on how we can look at regions, peoples and places that have been left to one side of traditional histories for far too long' PETER FRANKOPAN 'A magisterial intervention in world history, subverting and inverting our established, Atlantic conceptions of the age of revolutions by taking account of the myriad histories of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and their 'sea of islands' . This deeply researched and richly illustrated study not only demonstrates that 'we are all islanders', but also all heirs of empires forged in the oceanic South' MARGOT FINN, PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY 'This is a breathtaking book. Sujit Sivasundaram takes the familiar story of the "age of revolutions" and turns it upside down, putting the voices, the hopes and the struggles of the seafaring peoples of the Indian and Pacific oceans at the heart of his account of how the modern world was forged . Global history at its finest: eloquent, surprising, and deeply moving' SUNIL AMRITH, AUTHOR OF UNRULY WATERS 'Challenges our understanding of colonial history . Sujit Sivasundaram's outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe . [Thislutions" and turns it upside down, putting the voices, the hopes and the struggles of the seafaring peoples of the Indian and Pacific oceans at the heart of his account of how the modern world was forged . Global history at its finest: eloquent, surprising, and deeply moving' SUNIL AMRITH, AUTHOR OF UNRULY WATERS 'Challenges our understanding of colonial history . Sujit Sivasundaram's outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe .

[Thislutions" and turns it upside down, putting the voices, the hopes and the struggles of the seafaring peoples of the Indian and Pacific oceans at the heart of his account of how the modern world was forged . Global history at its finest: eloquent, surprising, and deeply moving' SUNIL AMRITH, AUTHOR OF UNRULY WATERS 'Challenges our understanding of colonial history . Sujit Sivasundaram's outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe . [Thislutions" and turns it upside down, putting the voices, the hopes and the struggles of the seafaring peoples of the Indian and Pacific oceans at the heart of his account of how the modern world was forged . Global history at its finest: eloquent, surprising, and deeply moving' SUNIL AMRITH, AUTHOR OF UNRULY WATERS 'Challenges our understanding of colonial history . Sujit Sivasundaram's outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe . [Thism's outstanding volume takes us on a gripping journey across the globe . [This] magisterial book brings to light a world history that has so far been cast aside by many world historians.

The history of colonisation has rarely established bridges between the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific worlds. The volume presents us with fascinating stories of communities that had strong and powerful histories and whose experiences were shaped by global forces and foreign occupation . A master class in history writing.' OLIVETTE OTELE, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY OF SLAVERY AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY.