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Eric Hobsbawm was a renowned British historian known for his research on the Industrial Revolution and the social changes in 19th-century Europe. His works have had a profound impact on the field of history, particularly in the areas of social history and comparative history.

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“(Carmine Crocco) A farm-labourer and cowherd, had joined the Bourbon army, killed a comrade in a brawl, deserted and lived as an outlaw for ten years. He joined the liberal insurgents in 1860 in the hope of an amnesty for his past offences, and subsequently became the most formidable guerilla chief and leader of men on the Bourbon side.”

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Book:Bandits

Source: Bandits

“Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy”

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Book:Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991

Source: Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991

About the Author

Born: June 9, 1917
Died: October 1, 2012
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 26

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