Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm saw his political hopes crumble. He used that defeat to tell the story of our age.

A sweeping new history chronicles a century of unprecedented economic progress driven by markets and innovation.

The 1850s were a turning point for globalization, from telegraphs to colonization.

On the life, influences, and “sophisticated yet lucid brand of Marxism” of the late, great writer.

The unique brutality of the US capitalist class bred a labor movement that has often limited itself to being a private insurance provider.

An interview with Steven Conn about his new book, “Lies of the Land: Seeing Rural America for What It Is—and Isn’t.”

The history of ivory-topped piano keys and the invisible human suffering caused by our cultural commodities.

Drawn to communities of German socialist expatriates in the area, Marx once considered making his way to Texas.

"Slouching Towards Utopia" is a rise-and-fall epic—but it is better at depicting the rise than explaining the fall.

A lively defense of narrative history and the lived experience that informs historical writing.

Art historians, legislators, and activists have long decried themes of white supremacy in the art collection of the U.S. Capitol. Can this place be decolonized?

The Age of Revolution, known mainly as the period between the American Revolution and the Revolutions of 1848, continued all the way to 1865.

The past has habitually been repurposed in a manner inhibiting ethical accountability in the present.

One has to wonder whether the advocates of a new Cold War have taken the measure of the challenge posed by 21st-century China.

Eric Foner has helped us better understand the ambiguous consequences of what were almost always only partial victories.

Tech was meant to help us transcend our most intractable problems. What went wrong?

Many compare the rise of "Trumpism" to that of 1930s Fascism. More worthwhile might be an examination of antifascist resistance.

History books are rewritten to focus on the underdog. Surely that is a victory for the common people...or is it?