Bandits is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters.
Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are known only to their own countrymen; others, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world. Setting the historical figures against the ballads, legends and films they have inspired, the author's examples range across the last four hundred years and come from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. First published in 1969, this now-classic book inspired a whole new field of historical study and brought its author popular acclaim. Bandits transcend the label of criminals; they are robbers and outlaws elevated to the status of avengers and champions of social justice. Some, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy, and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world, the stuff of story and myth. Others, like Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits, and Brazilian congaceiros, are known only to their own countrymen. In his celebrated study of these fascinating figures, Eric Hobsbawm, one of the few genuinely great historians of our century (The New Republic), spans four hundred years and four continents, setting these historical figures against the ballads, legends, and films they have inspired. The result is a dazzling historical squib, fizzling with ideas and strange stories (The Guardian). For this new edition Hobsbawm has substantially extended and revised his original text. It appears at a time when the disintegration of state power is once again introducing fertile conditions for banditry to flourish in many parts of the world. N° de réf. du vendeur 00106865134
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Vendeur : BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. Revised, Subsequent. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way. N° de réf. du vendeur 0394748506-7-1-13
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Fair. First published in 1969, this now-classic book inspired a whole new field of historical study and brought its author popular acclaim. Bandits transcend the label of criminals; they are robbers and outlaws elevated to the status of avengers and champions of social justice. Some, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy, and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world, the stuff of story and myth. Others, like Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits, and Brazilian congaceiros, are known only to their own countrymen. In his celebrated study of these fascinating figures, Eric Hobsbawm, one of the few genuinely great historians of our century (The New Republic), spans four hundred years and four continents, setting these historical figures against the ballads, legends, and films they have inspired. The result is a dazzling historical squib, fizzling with ideas and strange stories (The Guardian). For this new edition Hobsbawm has substantially extended and revised his original text. It appears at a time when the disintegration of state power is once again introducing fertile conditions for banditry to flourish in many parts of the world. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0394748506A
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Vendeur : Ezekial Books, LLC, Manchester, NH, Etats-Unis
paperback. Etat : Acceptable. Book has considerable wear. No Highlighting or Underlining. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000005101
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Vendeur : Bingo Books 2, Vancouver, WA, Etats-Unis
Soft cover. Etat : Fair. soft cover in fair condition,book is very solid,cover panel ragged at edges. N° de réf. du vendeur 324021
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Vendeur : gearbooks, The Bronx, NY, Etats-Unis
Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Like New. Revised Edition. 181 pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy with crisp pages, clean text, and very light shelf wear. N° de réf. du vendeur 2iEi0014f
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Vendeur : Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, Etats-Unis
Mass Market Paperback. Etat : Very Good. 1st Thus. Contents lightly tanned. N° de réf. du vendeur 1146837
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Vendeur : Les Livres des Limbes, Chisseaux, France
Soft cover. Etat : Acceptable. Sunned spine, wrinkled and with abrasions; covers soiled and edges rubbed, tears at spine tips on front cover, still compelling cover art. Underlining and marginalia in pencil throughout. Revised illustrated edition. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 17007
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