Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm dies
Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm dies
Eric Hobsbawm one of the leading historians of the 20th century, has died, his family said on Monday.
Hobsbawm, a lifelong Marxist whose work influenced generations of historians and politicians, died in the early hours of Monday morning at the Royal Free Hospital in London after a long illness, his daughter Julia said. He was 95.
Hobsbawm's four-volume history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, spanning European history from the French revolution to the fall of the USSR, is acknowledged as among the defining works on the period.
Hobsbawm, a lifelong Marxist whose work influenced generations of historians and politicians, died in the early hours of Monday morning at the Royal Free Hospital in London after a long illness, his daughter Julia said. He was 95.
Hobsbawm's four-volume history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, spanning European history from the French revolution to the fall of the USSR, is acknowledged as among the defining works on the period.
