His writings have had a huge and lasting effect on the practice of history. Eric hobsbawm s most popular book is the age of extremes. On history by eric hobsbawm 9781565844681 paperback. In all, hobsbawm wrote more than thirty books and it is this that earned him his reputation and his high standing on the left. The central question is whether his politics affected his historywriting. Hobsbawm knew the united states was an important market, telling his agent in 1978 that he needed a paperback american publisher for the age of capital with links with the many radical dons aged 3035 who would prescribe a hobsbawm.
Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria in 1917 and educated in austria, germany, and england. Recent years have seen a remarkable growth of interest in revolution and social upheaval. Download pdf erichobsbawm free online new books in politics. See all books authored by eric hobsbawm, including the age of extremes. On history brings together his brilliant and challenging. Revolutionaries by hobsbawm, eric 9780349120560 brownsbfs. Eric hobsbawm, the communist who explained history the new. Written in hobsbawms usual accessible and lively style, he considers all sorts of topics related to socialism and revolution. But virtually all his books appeared in dozens of languages. News of the death of eric hobsbawm on 1 st october was marked by an unprecedented outburst of flattery and adulation in the bourgeois media. In addition to the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire and the age of extremes, his books include bandits, revolutionaries, uncommon people, and his memoir. One of the few genuinely great historians of our century accordin. Still, undoubtedly the most spellbinding parts of the book deal with hobsbawms early life.
Hobsbawms unanswered question international socialist. Few historians have done more to change the way we see the history of modern times than eric hobsbawm. Download pdf erichobsbawm free online new books in. A history of the world, 19141991 by eric hobsbawm pantheon, 627 pp. Antonio gramsci, the nature and history of economic science. His bestknown works include his trilogy about what he called the long 19th century the age of revolution. Open books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books. Oct 01, 2012 eight children, who included leopold, eric s father, were born in england and all took british citizenship at birth hobsbawm s uncle harry in due course became the first labour mayor of paddington. Eric hobsbawm is a famous british marxist historian, and this book is part of his series analyzing recent history from a marxist perspective. Hobsbawms scepticism about althusser reaches all the way back to the french publication of for marx and reading capital. Theres no doubt that hobsbawms style is among the most accessible and lively of historians, and revolutionaries covers all sorts of topics related revolution, high politics. Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria in 1917 and educated in austria, germany and england.
He taught at birkbeck college, university of london, and then at the new school for social research in new york. Eric john ernest hobsbawm, a tall, angular, dangly, ugly, fairhaired fellow of. The short 20th century and a memoir, interesting times. In addition to the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire and the age of extremes, his books include bandits, revolutionaries, uncommon people, and his memoir interesting times. The age of revolution, the first of hobsbawms four volumes of modern. Apr 18, 2019 hobsbawm knew the united states was an important market, telling his agent in 1978 that he needed a paperback american publisher for the age of capital with links with the many radical dons aged 3035 who would prescribe a hobsbawm.
May 09, 2019 eric hobsbawm was a historian and a communist. When he died, in 2012, at the age of ninetyfive, nearly all of his books were still in print, his. How to change the world online university of the left. Eric hobsbawm was a fellow of the british academy and the american academy of arts and sciences. Chapter 1 is a largely expanded and rewritten contribution to a public conversation on marx held under the auspices of the jewish book week in 2007. Eric hobsbawm, the communist who explained history the. Eric john ernest hobsbawm, fodd 9 juni 1917 i alexandria, egypten, dod 1 oktober 2012 i london, var en brittisk marxistisk historiker och forfattare hobsbawm foddes i egypten men flyttade senare till europa, dar han kom att vaxa upp i wien och berlin. From his early books on the industrial revolution and european empires, to his magisterial 1995 study of the short twentieth century, the age of extremes, hobsbawm has become known as one of the finest practitioners of the craft of writing history. Labouring men industry and empire bandits revolutionaries worlds of labour nations and nationalism since 1780 on history uncommon people the new century globalisation, democracy and terrorism interesting times. For the past few weeks, the flood of obsequious obituaries exceeded all bounds. From his early books on the industrial revolution and european empires, to his magisterial 1995 study of the short twentieth century, age of extremes, hobsbawm has become known as one of the finest practitioners of his craft. Before retirement he taught at birkbeck college, university of london, and after retirement at the new school for social research in new york.
A short 20th century 19141991, and the age of revolution, 17891848, and more on. Ideologically a lifelong marxist, his sociopolitical convictions influenced the character of his. Books by eric hobsbawm author of the age of extremes. Eric hobsbawm produced a canon of landmark booksincluding the age of. His books on peasant society, the working class, bandits and rebels, revolutionaries and capitalists, industry and empire are classics in the field of western european history, and have been translated into many languages. The age of revolution, the first of hobsbawm s four volumes of modern history, opens with the french revolution and britains industrial revolution, two explosions of the late eighteenth century. His quartet of books beginning with the age of revolution and ending with the age of extremes constitute the best starting point i know for anyone who wishes to. Eric hobsbawms introduction to the 2012 edition of marx. It was there, in the crucible of revolutionary agitation, as the economy.
Eric hobsbawm, who died on 1 october 2012 at the age of 95, was one of the foremost historians of the 20th century. Now back in print after thirty years, revolutionaries is vintage hobsbawm. His many books include a threepart study of the long 19th century the age of revolution, the age of capital and the age of empire, age of extremes. On the edge of the new century by eric hobsbawm, antonio polito and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A fellow of the british academy and the american academy of arts and sciences, with honorary degrees from universities in several countries, he is the author of many important works of history. In conversation with antonio polito by hobsbawm, eric and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and. Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria in 1917 and educated in vienna, berlin, london and cambridge.
See the structure of capital 1966 in revolutionaries. Hobsbawm 1973, book at the best online prices at ebay. His books were translated into more than fifty languages and he was as well known in brazil and italy as he was in britain and the united states. Contemporary essays, by e j hobsbawm, revd by prof s s wolin.
He is the author of the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire, and the age of extremes, and the new press has published his books on history, uncommon people, industry and empire, bandits, on the edge of the new century, revolutionaries, his memoir interesting times, on empire, and fractured times. Eric hobsbawms most popular book is the age of extremes. This collection of essays by distinguished historian and longstanding marxist eric hobsbawm is a commentary and critical retrospective on the revolutionary movements and ideas that dominated the twentieth century, and which remain of crucial contemporary relevance. One of the few genuinely great historians of our century according to the new republic, eric hobsbawm has produced a canon of landmark booksincluding the age of capital, the age of revolution, bandits, and the age of extremesthat has both set the standard for radical scholarship and influenced historical thinking across the political spectrum. Who are the readers i had in mind when i wrote these studies, now collected together. Revolutionaries, a few years ago in a nagoya bookstore. First published in great britain by weidenfeld and nicolson ltd 1975 first published by. In his celebrated study of these fascinating figures, eric hobsbawm, one of the few genuinely great historians of our century the new republic, spans four hundred years and four continents, setting these historical figures against the ballads, legends, and films they have inspired. I bought this book, along with another hobsbawm book. I have read most of these before, but not much since henry has been around. Had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have described him as britains most distinguished marxist historian and would have left it. Revolutionaries has 7 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. In addition to the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire and the age of extremes, his books include bandits, revolutionaries, uncommon people, and his. When eric was two, around the time of the egyptian revolution of 1919, his parents, a british father and austrian mother, both jewish, moved away from alexandria to red vienna.
Eric hobsbawm books list of books by author eric hobsbawm. One of the few genuinely great historians of our century according to the new republic, eric hobsbawm has produced a canon of landmark booksincluding the age of capital, the age of revolution, bandits, and the age of extremes that has both set the standard for radical scholarship and influenced historical thinking across the political spectrum. Previous books include age of extremes, the age of revolution and the age of empire. Buy revolutionaries by professor eric hobsbawm isbn. Revolutionaries by eric hobsbawm books hachette australia. The paperback of the revolutionaries by eric hobsbawm at barnes. Eric hobsbawm this is a highly readable, lucid and wellwritten book from which any student of contemporary revolutions can derive a great deal of profit new statesman this is an unusually rewarding book. When h died, in 2012, at the age of ninetyfive, nearly all of his books were still in print, his writings had been translated into more than fifty languages, and he was eulogized across the globe. He was described variously as the most widely read, influential and respected british intellectual and historian from the marxist tradition. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data hobsbawm, e. A lifelong marxist, his sociopolitical convictions influenced the character of his work. Theres no doubt that hobsbawm s style is among the most accessible and lively of historians, and revolutionaries covers all sorts of topics related revolution, high politics. Jul 10, 2009 eric hobsbawm is a famous british marxist historian, and this book is part of his series analyzing recent history from a marxist perspective. Sep 01, 2001 one of the few genuinely great historians of our century according to the new republic, eric hobsbawm has produced a canon of landmark books including the age of capital, the age of revolution, bandits, and the age of extremesthat has both set the standard for radical scholarship and influenced historical thinking across the political spectrum.
Revolutionaries by eric hobsbawm, 9780349120560, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In addition to the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire, and the age of extremes, his books include bandits. Published in the united states by vintage books, a division of random house, inc. He is considered one of the worlds bestknown historians.
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