The British Marxist historians
Subtitle: an introductory analysis
By: Harvey J. Kaye.
Edition: 1st St. Martin's ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Economic history -- Historiography; Historical materialism; Marxian historiography -- Great Britain
Description: The British Marxist Historians remains the first and most complete study of the founders of one of the most influential contemporary academic traditions in history and social theory. In this classic text, Kaye looks at Maurice Dobb and the debate on the transition to capitalism; Rodney Hilton on feudalism and the English peasantry; Christopher Hill on the English Revolution; Eric Hobsbawm on workers, peasants and world history; and E. P. Thompson on the making of the English working class.

Kaye compares their perspective on history with other approaches, such as that of the French Annales school, and concludes with a discussion of the contribution of the British Marxist historians to the formation of a democratic historical consciousness. The British Marxist Historians is an indispensable book for anyone interested in the intellectual history of the late twentieth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-307) and index.
Originally published: New York : Polity Press, 1984.