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Author Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012.

Title Bandits / Eric Hobsbawm
Published New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2000

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 W'PONDS  364.1552 Hob/Ban  DUE 26-04-24
Description xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents Portrait of a Bandit -- 1. Bandits, States and Power -- 2. What is Social Banditry? -- 3. Who Becomes a Bandit? -- 4. The Noble Robber -- 5. The Avengers -- 6. Haiduks -- 7. The Economics and Politics of Banditry -- 8. Bandits and Revolutions -- 9. The Expropriators -- 10. The Bandit as Symbol -- App. A. Women and Banditry -- App. B. The Bandit Tradition
Summary "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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes "Revised with a new introduction by the author"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-219) and index
Subject Brigands and robbers.
LC no. 00036162
ISBN 1565846192