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Bandits is 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 primitive resistance fighters. From Balkan haiduks to Brazilian cangaçeiros, Robin Hood to Jesse James, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Portrait of a Bandit

1 Bandits, States and Power

2 What is Social Banditry?

3 Who Becomes a Bandit?

4 The Noble Robber

5 The Avenger

6 Haiduks

7 The Economics and Politics of Banditry

8 Bandits and Revolutions

9 The Expropriators

10 The Bandit as Symbol

Appendix A: Women and Banditry

Appendix B: The Bandit Tradition

Postscript

Notes

Further Reading

Index