Weidenfeld and Nicolson have announced the forthcominge publication, in October, of Labouring Man by E.J. Hobsbawmn, and Third World by Peter Worlsey, costing 55/- and 36/=- restectively. Eric Hobsbawn's book is a ecollestion of essays dealing with the working class from the late 1&th centruy to the first world war. The essays are written to demonstrate the economic and technical condi- tions which allowed the labour movement to be effective or ineffective as the case may be. The subjects range from Marx to Methodism, and from the Labour traditions to the machine breakers,- In contrast, Peter Worsley's book is an anlysis of the nature of the society in the newly indpendent nations of Asia and Africa, The creation of the world, he argues, took place in the 19th century. Then, for the first time, the whole world became one single system, forea into being by the imperialist poygra, As a result the nationsstate became an anarchronism Peter Yorslty how, in response to theit common history and common contemporary needs, the nations of the third world, have evolved a didinct philostphy - populism - and have produced new forms of party and state organisation, as well eS quite a new kind of 'internationalist nationalism, '
Read*Ts should ensure that these two important books are obtained for their mmicipal or univeristy libraries, They should be available through normal channeifh but in case of any difficulties the publishers: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 20, New Bond St., London, W.l., should be contacted.