Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917–
Interesting times : a twentieth-century life / Eric Hobsbawm.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-307-42641-3
1. Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917– 2. Historians—Great Britain—
Biography. 3. History Modern—20th century. 4. Twentieth century.
I. Title.
D15.H63 A.82’092—dc21 [B] 2002192691
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
List of Illustrations
Preface
1 - Overture
2 - A Child in Vienna
3 - Hard Times
4 - Berlin: Weimar Dies
5 - Berlin: Brown and Red
6 - On the Island
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IV
V
7 - Cambridge
8 - Against Fascism and War
9 - Being Communist
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10 - War
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III
11 - Cold War
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III
12 - Stalin and After
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IV
13 - Watershed
14 - Under Cnicht
15 - The Sixties
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16 - A Watcher in Politics
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III
17 - Among the Historians
18 - In the Global Village
19 - Marseillaise
20 - From Franco to Berlusconi
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21 - Third World
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IV
22 - From FDR to Bush
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III
23 - Coda
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III
Notes
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