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Neil Davidson

Neil Davidson (1957–2020) was the author of several books, including How Revolutionary Were The Bourgeois Revolutions?, The Origins of Scottish Nationhood and Discovering The Scottish Revolution 1692–1746.

Hobsbawm’s Marxist History

Today Eric Hobsbawm is often described as a great historian despite his Marxism – but the opposite is true: Hobsbawm’s Marxist perspective imbued his work with a unique historical understanding.