On History - Hardcover

Hobsbawm, E. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565843932 ISBN 13: 9781565843936

Publisher: New Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Few historians have done more to change the way we see the past than Eric Hobsbawm. From his early books on the Industrial Revolution and European empires, to his magnificent study of the "short twentieth century," The Age of Extremes, Hobsbawm has come to be known as one of the finest practitioners of his craft. Available now for the first time in an affordable paperback edition, On History brings together his most important essays on the study and practice of history. Ranging from early considerations of "history from below" and the "progress" of history, to recent debate on the relevance of studying the past, On History is an essential work from one of our preeminent thinkers

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria in 1917 and educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge. 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 well-known author of AGE OF REVOLUTION 1789-1848, THE AGE OF CAPITAL 1848-1875 etc

Review:

Eric Hobsbawn surveys the writings of modern historians with the magisterial gaze of a man who has seen both the rise of Hitler and the fall of Communism.... The insights and convictions of this book draw less on the author's theory than on his vast experience. -- The New York Times Book Review, Allen D. Boyer

Occasion for celebration. -- Library Journal

Thoughtful and knowledgeable... tempered with the sophistication and insights of an erudite and influential historian. -- Los Angeles Times

About this edition

• Publisher: New Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1565843932
• ISBN 13: 9781565843936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 305