Bandits [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2000] Hobsbawm, Eric - Hardcover

Eric J. Hobsbawm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297818856 ISBN 13: 9780297818854

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000

Synopsis

BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters.

About this title

About the Author:

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. 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. Eric Hobsbawm died in 2012.

Review:

"An utterly fascinating book."
—THE NEW YORKER

"A wise as well as exciting book; a very valuable addition to the history of mentalities and to that of popular protest... This is human history at its very best."
—THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT [London]

"A dazzling historical squib, fizzing with ideas and strange stories."
—THE GUARDIAN

"In an age of narrow specialists, Eric Hobsbawm remains the supreme generalist... For sheer intelligence he has no superior in the historical profession."
—SIR KEITH THOMAS

About this edition

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0297818856
• ISBN 13: 9780297818854
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 237