Eric Hobsbawm : a life in history /

Eric Hobsbawm's works have had a nearly incalculable effect across generations of readers and students, influencing more than the practice of history but also the perception of it. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at age fourteen in 1931. Li...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Evans, Richard J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Hobsbawm, E. J. > (Eric J.), > 1917-2012. Historians > Great Britain > Biography. Communist college teachers > Great Britain > Biography. Communism and intellectuals > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Jews, German > Great Britain > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. HISTORY / Europe / Western.

Table of Contents:

'The English boy' 1917-1933
'Ugly as sin, but a mind' 1933-1936
'A freshman who knows about everything' 1936-1939
'A left-wing intellectual in the English army' 1939-1946
'Outsider in the movement' 1946-1954
'A dangerous character' 1954-1962
'Paperback writer' 1962-1975
'Intellectual guru' 1975-1987
'Jeremiah' 1987-1999
'National Treasure' 1999-2012.