Hobsbawm, Eric (John Ernest)

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HOBSBAWM, Eric (John Ernest)

HOBSBAWM, Eric (John Ernest). Also writes as Francis Newton. British, b. 1917. Genres: History, Music. Career: Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History, Birkbeck College, University of London. Fellow, King's College, Cambridge, 1949-55. Publications: Labour's Turning Point, 1948; Primitive Rebels, 1959; (as Francis Newton) The Jazz Scene, 1959; The Age of Revolution, 1962; Labouring Men, 1964; (ed.) Karl Marx, Precapitalist Economic Formations, 1964; Industry and Empire, 1968; Bandits, 1969; (with G. Rude) Captain Swing: A Social History of the Great English Uprising, 1969; Revolutionaries, 1973; The Age of Capital, 1975; Worlds of Labour, 1984; The Age of Empire, 1987; Echoes of the Marseillaise, 1990; Nations and Nationalism, 1990; The Age of Extremes, 1994; On History, 1997; Uncommon People, 1998; The New Century, 1999; Interesting Times, 2002. Address: Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet St, London WC1, England.