Re: Hobsbawm interview in the Observer

In a message dated Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:41:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Threehegemons writes:

This is one of several relevant quotes relating to Hobsbawm's global 
perspective.

>>> Nation-state history is probably the most damaging part of history today 
>since the world cannot be understood in terms of nation states. On the other 
>hand, it's very difficult to know how to break away from it since schools are 
>essentially 
>>>> geared to states.

I certainly wouldn't claim that's he's perfect (who is), but compare his work 
to that of Williams, Thompson, and Hill for a sense of how he broke away from 
the English obsession of his peers.  Where was his review of Huntington 
published?

Steven Sherman