by Eric Hobsbawm · W&N · tapa dura · ISBN 9780297819158
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In this collection of essays, historian Eric Hobsbawm reflects on the theory, practice, and development of history, as well as its relevance to modern society. The essays reveal a passionate belief in the importance of studying history and reflect his lifelong concerns: history from below, economic history, the importance of social and cultural history alongside traditional political history, the threat to history, and what we can and cannot expect history to tell us about the present and the future.
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. His best-known works include his tetralogy about what he called the "long 19th century" and the "short 20th century", and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions". He was a life-long Marxist, and his socio-political convictions influenced the character of his work.
