Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life

Eric J. Hobsbawm

ISBN 10: 034911353X / ISBN 13: 9780349113531

Published by Abacus, 2003

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: En 'Tiempos Interesantes: Una vida del siglo XX', Eric Hobsbawm nos ofrece una autobiografía fascinante que abarca ochenta y cinco años marcados por guerras, revoluciones y transformaciones. Desde su infancia en la Europa convulsa hasta su papel como historiador influyente, Hobsbawm comparte sus experiencias y reflexiones sobre los eventos cruciales del siglo XX. Este libro es un testimonio apasionante de un intelectual comprometido con comprender y analizar los tiempos que le tocaron vivir, ofreciendo una perspectiva única sobre la historia contemporánea. EAN: 9780349113531 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life Autor: Eric J. Hobsbawm Editorial: Abacus Idioma: en Páginas: 464 Formato: tapa blanda.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life
• Publisher: Abacus
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034911353X
• ISBN 13: 9780349113531
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Aceptable

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Synopsis

Born in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, the eighty-five years of Eric Hobsbawm's life are backdropped by an endless litany of wars, revolutions and counter-revolutions. He has led a remarkably fulfilling and long life; historian and intellectual, fluent in five languages, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, until it dissolved itself, and writer of countless volumes of history. He has personally witnessed some of the critical events of our century from Hitler's rise to power in Berlin to the fall of the Berlin wall. Hobsbawm has kept his eyes and ears open for eighty-five years, and has been constantly committed to understanding the 'interesting times' (as the Chinese curse puts it) through which he has lived. His autobiography is one passionate cosmopolitan Jew's account of his travels through that past which is another country, where they do things differently, and how it became the world we now live in.

About the Author

Eric Hobsbawm was a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before retirement he taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, and after retirement at the New School for Social Research in New York. Previous books include AGE OF EXTREMES, THE AGE OF REVOLUTION and THE AGE OF EMPIRE. He died 1st October 2012