The connections between and across societal and cultural boundaries are vital to Lattimore's historical viewpoint, as are his perceptions on the dynamic role that connections with people, places and ideas have had across the Steppes of Central Eurasia. This dissertation establishes that Lattimore's work, and his emphasis on the role of frontier zones, offers a significant contribution to the field of world history. This study notes the political narrative of and the global economic framework for the era of decolonization, but focuses on Mohandas Gandhi, Kwame Nkrumah, and Ernesto Guevara, who articulated cultural resistance to colonialism. These figures are treated not as isolated cases but as connective nodes in a global movement, especially through their work in revising history and in use of such technology as the mass media in the service of decolonization. Records of the lives and works of these individuals, their connections to others, and the debates over history, and the rise of mass media will document the thesis that colonized peoples designed and executed a global decolonization movement in the twentieth century.
All societies operate by consent.
State formation in world history introduced increased inequality. Coercion has been used to maintain that introduced inequality. It must seek consent, if not consensus, for its leadership or even domination. Modern industrial society survived its contradictions by becoming ever more efficient. By the 20th century, production was highly managed.