Bandits

ISBN-13: 9780349113029 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str.

Eric J Hobsbawm

Opis

A study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are only known to their fellow countrymen; others, like Rob Roy, Robin Hood and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world.