Uncommon People: Resistance, Rebellion and Jazz

Highlighting Eric Hobsbawm's passionate concern for the lives and struggles of ordinary men and women, Uncommon People brings back into print his classic.
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Citing articles via Google Scholar. By Rachel Devlin New York: The Magic of Concepts: History and the Economic in Twentieth-Century China. City of Second Sight: Making a Slave State: Political Development in Early South Carolina. Mothers of Massive Resistance: The final 80 pages on jazz were of only indirect interest to me, although I am pleased to now know something about how jazz became popular in the US and Europe.

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The title is not deceptive so much as overwhelmingly general: Ad ogni modo, ben pochi sono i testi qui contenuti che sono degni d'essere letti. Molto coerente invece il testo sulla guerra in Vietnam. Nov 24, Tom Muddiman rated it really liked it. Having found some of his lengthier books a tad difficult to follow I found this book to have some perspicatious insights, particularly in Labour history and peasant revolutionism his introduction to Marx's Per-Capitalist Formations is noted as a classic, so I guess this is not surprising.

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His defence of Jazz against some recent Marxist criticismes e. Would definitely be a welcome guest at any i Having found some of his lengthier books a tad difficult to follow I found this book to have some perspicatious insights, particularly in Labour history and peasant revolutionism his introduction to Marx's Per-Capitalist Formations is noted as a classic, so I guess this is not surprising. Would definitely be a welcome guest at any ideal dinner party of mine.

It brings together a wide range of topics, collected under four headings: As a result they tend to feel dated, though as contemporary reports are still of interest for this very reason.

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The problem with this collection is that being of such a broad spectrum, only a handful of the essays are likely to appeal to the reader. Some of the pieces, particularly the shorter jazz reviews and essays, are written in an easy, affable manner, whilst many of the essays on peasant and working class movements are far more technical and heavily footnoted, and really require a background understanding to get anything from them. Nevertheless there are plenty of gems here: Oct 17, Paul Bottrill rated it liked it.

I have clearly mixed feelings about this book. While looking at the table of contents in a second hand book store I somehow missed that is was a collection of essays, rather old essays at that. At first I found this a positive as it made it very easy to read as bedtime reading - no need to remember a plot or various characters - but as I encountered topics that I was more interested in revolution and jazz specifically I found the short easy format a little disappointing.

I reall I have clearly mixed feelings about this book. I really enjoyed the section on jazz and the lady essay looking at the influence of the new world on the old. The earlier essays about labour movements did not excite me unfortunately. My greatest criticism would be that much of the book seems very dated. These are not contemporary writings. In some instances this is not important, but in others it makes a significant difference.

Jun 20, Nancy rated it really liked it.

Interesting collection of essays, well-researched and written. Some are sparkling, others more pedantic--four stars for the essay on why shoemakers were often political thinkers and leaders. Three and a half stars for the book overall.

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