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Hamilton, Richard Frederick was born on January 18, 1930 in Kenmore, New York, United States. Son of Delmer Vernon and Ethelwyn Gertrude (Stevenson) Hamilton.
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Richard Hamilton provides an in-depth critique of the writngs of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on Britain, France, and Germany. Hamilton contends that the validity of their principal historical claims has been assumed more often than investigated, and he reviews the logic of their historical arguments, citing relevant sources that challenge many of the assertions they used to build their theory of inexorable historical change. Although Marx emphasized the need for systematic empirical research into historical events, he and Engels in fact relied on impressionistic evidence to support their claims of how fault lines were forming in capitalist society. Marxist theory, Hamilton concludes, is poorly supported in the historical analysis supplied by its original formulators. In showing that the historical record points to alternative readings of the course of social, economic, and political development in Western society, Hamilton argues that class boundaries tend to be fluid and that major change is more often than not the product of evolutionary -- rather than revolutionary -- forces. Originally published in 1991. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
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Hamilton, Richard Frederick was born on January 18, 1930 in Kenmore, New York, United States. Son of Delmer Vernon and Ethelwyn Gertrude (Stevenson) Hamilton.
Student, University Michigan, 1947-1948; Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1950; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1963.
Instructor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1957-1959; instructor, Harpur College, Binghamton, New York, 1959-1964; assistant professor, Princeton University, 1964-1966; associate professor, then professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966-1970; professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1970-1986; professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, since 1986.
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Member council Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 1975-1979. Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member Council for European Studies (steering committee 1975-1978).
Married Irene Maria Elisabeth Wagner, August 12, 1957. Children: Carl Thomas, Tilman Michael.