Background
Adas, Michael Peter was born on February 4, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Harold A. and Elizabeth A. (Rivard) Adas.
(Michael Adas discusses five millennial movements of the n...)
Michael Adas discusses five millennial movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that took place in European colonies in Africa, Asia and Oceania: the revolt led by Prince Dipanagara in the Netherlands East Indies (1825-1830), the Pai Marire or Hau Hau movement of the Maoris of New Zealand (1864-1867), the Birsa disturbance among the Mundas of Chota Nagpur in east-central India (1899-1900), the Maji Maji rebellions in German East Africa (1905-1906), and the Sya San uprising in Burma (1930-1932). The participants in the rebellions sought to change unacceptable sociocultural systems by extralegal rather than constitutional means, by force rather than reform, withdrawal or passive resistance. Each of the groups mounted a rebellion aimed at the overthrow not only of the political regime, but also of the existing sociocultural order. Professor Adas views the rebellions from the perspectives of both the coloniser incumbents and the participants themselves. The work concludes with a discussion of the patterns displayed by the revolts, the campaigns of repression launched by the Europeans, and the historical legacy of these movements.
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Adas, Michael Peter was born on February 4, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Harold A. and Elizabeth A. (Rivard) Adas.
Bachelor summa cum laude, Western Michigan U., 1965; Master of Arts in Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin, 1967; Master of Arts in History, University of Wisconsin, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Wisconsin, 1971.
From lecturer to professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1970-1989; distinguished professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1989.
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Executive committee member World History Association, Philadelphia, 1990-1994. Shade tree com.mem. Highland Park, New Jersey, since 1992, American friends service committee member, New York, 1983-1986. Moderator East Brunswick (New Jersey) Congressional Church, 1983-1984.
Member American History Association (editor-in-chief Comparative and Global since 1984), World History Association (board directors since 1987), Society for History Technology (board directors since 1988, Dextor prize for machines 1992), History Technology Society (advisory board member since 1992).
Married Jane Hampton. Children:Joel Shaw, Nelle Claire.