Worlds of Labour
$77.23
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2015
Summary
A landmark study in the history of working class labour organisations, WORLDS OF LABOUR is a sequel to the author’s widely acclaimed LABOURING MEN.
WORLDS OF LABOUR is a series of studies that considers the formation and evolution of working classes in the period between the late eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth, scrutinising their ‘consciousness’, ways of life and the movements they generated. The emphasis throughout the study is on the way labour organisatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780228839 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178022883X |
| Author: | Prof Eric Hobsbawm, Eric Hobsbawm |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2015 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 175mm x 26mm |
About The Author
Prof Eric Hobsbawm
Born in Alexandria in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he taught for most of his career at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he was Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History. He is best known for his trilogy of studies on the long 19th century (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848, The Age of Capital: 1848-1875 and The Age of Empire: 1875-1914). He died in London in October 2012 at the age of ninety-five.
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