
Bandits
E. J. Hobsbawm(Author)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 13. April 2000
Book
Hardback
237 pages
978-0-297-81885-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of the social bandit, or bandit-rebel, robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan "haiduks", Indian "dacoits" or Brazilian "congaceiros", their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are known only to their own people; others, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world. Setting the historical figures against the ballads, legends and films they have inspired, the author's examples range across the last 400 years and come from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
24 b&w illustratio
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
504 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-297-81885-4 (9780297818854)
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Person
Eric Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria in 1917 and was educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, with honorary degrees from universities in several countries, he taught until retirement at Birkbeck College, University of London, and since then at the New School for Social Research in New York. All his books have been translated into several languages.
