(P/B) BANDITS

Παρουσίαση

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.
Bandits sets the historical figures against the ballads, legends and films they hane inspired. This substantially extended and revised new edition appears at a time when the disintegration of state power is reintroducing fertile conditions for banditry once again to glourish in many parts of the world. (From the publisher)

"In an age of narrow specialists, Eric Hobsbawm remains the supreme generalist... for sheer intelligence he has no superior in the historical profession" (Sir Keith Thomas)
"A dazzling historical squib, fizzing with ideas and strange stories" (Guardian)
"A wise as well as an exciting book, a very valuable addition to the history of mentalities and to that of popular protest... this is human history at its very best" (Times Literary Supplement)

Περιεχόμενα

List of illustrations
Preface
Portrait of a Bandit
Bandits, States and Power
What is Social Banditry?
Who Becomes a Bandit?
The Noble Robber
The Avengers
Haiduks
The Economics and Politics of Banditry
Bandits and Revolutions
The Expropriators
The Bandit as Symbol
Appendix A: Women and Banditry
Appendix B: The Bandit Tradition
Postscript
Notes
Further Redding
Index