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Eric Hobsbawm
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm
,
CH
,
PhD
,
FBA
,
FRSL
(; 9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British
Marxist
historian of the rise of
industrial capitalism
,
socialism
, and
nationalism
. His best-known works include his trilogy about what he called the "
long 19th century
" (
The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848
,
The Age of Capital: 1848–1875
and
The Age of Empire: 1875–1914
),
The Age of Extremes
on the
short 20th century
, and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "
invented traditions
".
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