Primitive Rebels
$39.43
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
8 August 2017
Summary
Social agitation is as essential a part of public life today as it has ever been. In Eric Hobsbawm’s masterful study, PRIMITIVE REBELS, he shines a light on the origins of contemporary rebellion: Robin Hood, secret societies, revolutionary peasants, Mafiosi, Spanish Civil War anarchy, pre-industrial mobs and riots - all of which have fed in to our notions of dissent in the modern world.
Coining now familiar terms such as ‘social banditry’, PRIMITIVE REBELS shows how …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349143019 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349143013 |
| Author: | Eric Hobsbawm |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 132mm x 21mm |
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A pioneering work opening up several little-explored themes. Its subject matter is of profound human interest … a very satisfying book. Written with a broad sociological slant, it continually thrusts ideas upon its readers, and it is inspired by a humanity and a deep sympathy for humble people - History Today
Hobsbawm writes so fairly and with so much understanding and sympathy that many who disagree with him fundamentally will find their own views substantially altered by what he says - SpectatorThere is much more in this carefully considered book than a lively account of forgotten risings - New StatesmanA book which is as fruitful as this one in posing problems as well as in providing answers descerves the careful attention of any reader. It is plausible, suggestive and intelligent - ObserverAbout The Author
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before retirement he taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, and after retirement at the New School for Social Research in New York. Previous books include Age of Extremes, The Age of Revolution and The Age of Empire. He died 1st October 2012.
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