''Primitive Rebels'' is a 1959 book by
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm (; 9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. His best-known works include his tetralogy about what he called the "long 19th century" (''Th ...
on pre-modern European social movements and
social banditry
Social banditry or social crime is a form of Resistance movement, social resistance involving behavior that by law is illegal but is supported by wider "oppressed" society as moral and acceptable. The term "social bandit" was invented by the Marx ...
.
Editions and translations
The book was originally published by Manchester University Press in 1959 and released in 1960 in the United States by
Free Press of
Glencoe, Illinois
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under an alternative main title: ''Social Bandits and Primitive Rebels'', which emphasised the concept of the
social bandit created by Hobsbawm in the book. The 1971
edition by Manchester University Press, numbered as the third but being the only amended one, includes a new preface and minor changes to the text.
The book's French translation appeared still in 1959 as ''Les Primitifs de la révolte dans l'Europe moderne'' (Paris:
Fayard
Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayar ...
). The German rendition by Renate Müller-Isenburg and Charles Barry Hyams followed in 1962 (''Sozialrebellen. Archaische Sozialbewegungen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert'',
Neuwied
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:
Luchterhand).
A 2017
reprint
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Academic publishing
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by
Abacus
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carries a new introduction by
Owen Jones
Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a left-wing British newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist.
He writes a column for ''The Guardian'' and contributes to the ''New Statesman'', ''Tribune (magazine), Tribune ...
().
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1959 non-fiction books
Books by Eric Hobsbawm
English-language non-fiction books
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