Nations and Nationalism since 1780

Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant enquiry into the question of nationalism won further acclaim for his 'colossal stature ... his incontrovertible excellence as an historian, and his authoritative and highly readable prose'. Recent events in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics have since reinforced the central importance of nationalism in the history of political evolution an...

Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant enquiry into the question of nationalism won further acclaim for his 'colossal stature ... his incontrovertible excellence as an historian, and his authoritative and highly readable prose'. Recent events in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics have since reinforced the central importance of nationalism in the history of political evolution and upheaval. This second edition has been updated in the light of those events, with a final chapter addressing the impact of the dramatic changes that have taken place. It also includes additional maps to illustrate nationalities, languages and political divisions across Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

埃里克·霍布斯鲍姆：1917年生于亚历山大，曾在维也纳、柏林、伦敦和剑桥求学，是英国学会及美国艺术和科学学会会员，被多个国家的大学授予名誉学位。他在伦敦大学伯克贝克学院任教直到退休，此后到纽约的新社会研究学院工作。其著作甚丰，主要包括《革命的年代》、《资本的年代》、《帝国的年代》、《极端的年代》、《原始的反抗》、《盗匪》等书。