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Hobsbawm : history and politics / Gregory Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Gregory.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Historians.
- Socialism.
- Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012.
- Hobsbawm, E. J.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pluto Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Historian Eric Hobsbawm is possibly the foremost chronicler of the modern age. His panoramic studies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, stretching from the French Revolution to the fall of Soviet communism, have informed the historical consciousness of scholars and general readers alike. At the same time, his writings on labour movements and socialist politics have occupied a central place in left-wing debates. Despite this, no extended study of Hobsbawm's work has yet been attempted Gregory Elliott fills this gap in exemplary fashion.Elliott analyses both the scholarly record of Hobsbawm and the intellectual and political journey that his life represents. In doing so, he seeks to situate Hobsbawm's thought within the context of a generalised crisis of confidence on the Left after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Rich in content and written in Elliott's authoritative and highly readable style, this book is a must for anyone with an interest in Hobsbawm and the crisis of the Left.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783716784
- 1783716789
- 9781849645461
- 1849645469
- OCLC:
- 730517890
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