Overview
- Contributes new perspectives on recent popular works of speculative fiction
- Examines the synergies between history and science fiction
- Engages with postcolonialism
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Colonialism, Oppression and Concurrences
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Alternative Histories, Alternative Realities
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Defining and Defying the Boundaries of Cultures and the Human
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History, Speculative Fiction and Real-World Social Change
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John L. Hennessey is a research fellow in the History of Ideas and Sciences at Lund University. He has published on global colonial history and the history of science in journals including Science in Context, History and Anthropology, French Colonial History, Settler Colonial Studies and Japan Review.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: History and Speculative Fiction
Editors: John L. Hennessey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42235-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42234-8Published: 15 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-42237-9Due: 28 December 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-42235-5Published: 14 December 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 293
Topics: Comparative Literature, Literature, general, History of Science, Modern History