Eric Hobsbawm : a life in history / Richard J. Evans.
Eric Hobsbawm : a life in history / Richard J. Evans.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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G 2020/3162
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 785 pages, 16 unnumbered plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
'The English boy' 1917-1933 -- 'Ugly as sin, but a mind' 1933-1936 -- 'A freshman who knows everything' 1936-1939 -- 'A left-wing intellectual in the British army' 1939-1946 -- 'Outsider in the movement' 1946-1954 -- 'A dangerous character' 1954-1962 -- 'Paperback writer' 1962-1975 -- 'Intellectual...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"This biography of Eric Hobsbawm offers new insight into one of the most influential intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, of second-generation British parents, Hobsbawm was orphaned at 14 in 1931. Living with an uncle in Berlin, he experienced the full catastrophic force of world economic depression. In this fre...
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Eric Hobsbawm : a life in history / Richard J. Evans.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/3162
Record Identifier
74VKaqlQvjQy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaqlQvjQy
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ISBN
0190459646 (hardback)
9780190459642 (hardback)
DDC
907.202
MMS ID
991024330818802626
