BanditsA trailblazing study of the social bandit or rebel |
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User Review - jcbrunner - LibraryThingI finally finished Eric Hobsbawn's classic work on agrarian bandits whose role as social rebels comes mostly from fiction rather than historical reality. Robin Hood, Wilhelm Tell and Zorro are not ... Read full review
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User Review - Leonard - GoodreadsOne of the books that signaled Hobsbawm's arrival as a major force among historians. An interesting read on populist criminals that stands the entire traditional approach to banditry on its head. Read full review