The British Marxist Historians [Import] [Hardcover]

Harvey J. Kaye (Author), Eric Hobsbawm (Foreword)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; New Ed edition (October 16, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0333662423
• ISBN-13: 978-0333662427
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

More About the Author

Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies and Director of the Center for History and Social Change at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. An award-winning author, Kaye has published fifteen books on history, politics, and ideas, contributed articles and essays to a diverse array of publications, and appeared as a guest on numerous television and radio programs, including "Bill Moyers Journal," "After Words," "Books of Our Time," "Here and Now," and "The Thom Hartmann Show."

Born in New Jersey, Kaye received his B.A. at Rutgers (1971), his M.A. at the University of London (1973), and his Ph.D. at Louisiana State University (1976). His career also includes undergraduate study at the National University of Mexico (1970), a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2002-2003), election to PEN (2005), and selection as an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer (2007-2010). Kaye lives with his wife Lorna in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where they raised two daughters and root for the Packers. He is now writing a new book, The Four Freedoms and the Promise of America.

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Table of contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Maurice Dobb and the debate on the transition to capitalism -- 3. Rodney Hilton on feudalism and the English peasantry -- 4. Christopher Hill on the English revolution -- 5. Eric Hobsbawm on workers, peasants and world history -- 6. E.P. Thompson on the making of the English working class -- 7. The collective contribution.