The British Marxist Historians: An Introductory Analysis (Social & political theory) [Hardcover]

Harvey J. Kaye (Author)

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Publication Date: November 15, 1984 | ISBN-10: 0745600158 | ISBN-13: 978-0745600154

The British Marxist Historians remains the first and most complete study of the founders of one of the most influential contemporary academic traditions in history and social theory. In this classic text, Kaye looks at Maurice Dobb and the debate on the transition to capitalism; Rodney Hilton on feudalism and the English peasantry; Christopher Hill on the English Revolution; Eric Hobsbawm on workers, peasants and world history; and E.P. Thompson on the making of the English working class. Kaye compares their perspective on history with other approaches, such as that of the French Annales school, and concludes with a discussion of the contribution of the British Marxist historians to the formation of a democratic historical consciousness. The British Marxist Historians is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the intellectual history of the late twentieth century.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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'Harvey Kaye's The British Marxist Historians... is a lasting contribution to the history of twentieth-century Marxism, to a corner of British cultural history, and to the study of how history and historians work' - from the foreword by Eric Hobsbawn

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About the Author

Harvey J. Kaye is Rosenberg Professor of Social Change and Development at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the author of The Powers of the Past, The Education of Desire (Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize winner, 1993) and coeditor of The American Radical.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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• Hardcover: 316 pages
• Publisher: Polity Press (November 15, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745600158
• ISBN-13: 978-0745600154
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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.