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by E.J. Hobsbawm (Author)
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  • Paperback: 414 pages
  • Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (6 Aug 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0349110506
  • ISBN-13: 978-0349110509
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Our most talented living historian, 30 Oct 2002
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Eric Hobsbawm, now well into his 80s, continues to write excellent history. On History is a series of essays and lectures which attempt to give students of history a philosophical and theoretical basis with which to continue their studies.
He looks at concepts such as progress and history, economics and history, Marxism and history, and History from Below. Anyone studying the subject now owes a great debt to Eric Hobsbawm, and every student should read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An intense thought provoking work., 19 Nov 2000
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It is clear from the outset that this book is aimed at those who already have a wider understanding of some of the broad debates within the historical community, though at the same time that is not to say it is written with an air of exclusivity. I say understanding for if you already have opinions on how and why history should be conducted, particularly as a subject for academic study, then it will assist greatly in deciding whether or not you agree with the opinions offered by Hobsbawm. One of the most notable scholars of our age, he again asserts his importance within the historical community and demonstrates his skill at appreciating exactly what it is to study history in theory and in practice, and how it is still, ever important and indeed, relevant to the modern world. Covering a variety of topics through essay format, the roles of such subjects as social history, Marx, and the Annales school as well as economic history and even modern day barbarism all help the student, the established academic and the amateur historian alike to appreciate for themselves the complexities of our subject. This is not a light read, nor is it something that one will instantly understand and many will fail to concur with the books central arguments and views, but such is the nature of history. Hobsbawm provides us with one of the most thought provoking works of recent years and reminds us that debate among the historical community with regard to the way it is conducted in general, not just in terms of particular periods and issues, is far from dead. A high recommendation from this student of history to any other.
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7 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars very disappointing, and only for the converted, 15 Jun 2001
I read this looking for intelligent historiographical reflection on the problem of reconciling a Marxist perspective with (a specifically economic) historical analysis. I usually enjoy reading historians and economists beating each other up, and learn a lot from the results, because I find that the two disciplines suffer from balancing deformations professionelle.

This book is an unfortunate exception. Since Hobsbawm does not accept that there might be anything questionable about the internal coherence of Marx's economics, or even its plausibility, he cannot even see that such an discussion might be worth developing. In fact he does not even demonstrate that he has much understanding of what economists, as opposed to marxist historians, even mean by economics. Marx, for him is a god who has never failed, with the result that his historography is feeble theology.

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