Eric Hobsbawm (Segovia - 2006)
Eric Hobsbawm
Please note: The introduction to this lecture is in Spanish. The rest of the lecture is delivered in English.
Eric Hobsbawm, the great British historian discusses the international mobilisation of intellectuals in favour of the Republic during the Civil War. Eric Hobsbawm is Emeritus Professor of Social and Economic History at Birkbeck College in the University of London. Amongst his numerous books, Age of Extremes. The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 [1995], the series made up by The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848 [1997], The Age of Capital, 1848-1875 [1998] and The Age of Empire, 1875-1914 [1998], as well as his more recent The New Century (2000) and Bandits (2001).