Dec 16, 2010 the first in eric hobsbawm s dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both. In the age of revolution, 17891848, eric hobsbawm examines sixty pivotal years beginning with the construction of the first factory system in lancashire and the french revolution in 1789 and concluding with the publication of the communist manifesto in 1848. For many, perhaps most, readers, the standout will be the sweeping fourpart overview of european history from the french revolution to the soviet collapse that hobsbawm launched with age of. Jul 08, 2016 hobsbawm wrote three essays on perus unusual revolutionary government of the armed forces, which lasted from 1968 to 1980. The age of revolution 17891848 and the age of capital 1848. It is the third in a trilogy of books about the long 19th century coined by hobsbawm, preceded by the age of revolution.
It is therefore strictly neither a history of europe nor of the world. Even more influential in the long term was the age of series, which he began in 1962 with the age of revolution. Age of extremes is broadly chronological, but does not offer a narrative of events, instead tackling broad themes in nineteen largely selfcontained chapters. He sketches out the forces and relations of production and shows how intellectual and political structures and developments derived from this economic base.
According to hobsbawm, the period was marked by two watershed. Although written in 1962, its still fresh, and perhaps even more relevant today in our postendofhistory era. Ian kershaw said that hobsbawms take on the twentieth century, his 1994 book, the age of extremes, consisted of masterly analysis. Oct 01, 2012 for many, perhaps most, readers, the standout will be the sweeping fourpart overview of european history from the french revolution to the soviet collapse that hobsbawm launched with age of. Eric hobsbawm has produced a superb overview of the middle threequarters of the 20th century. The age of revolution, the first of hobsbawms four volumes of modern. Hobsbawms age of revolution the world in the 1780s the.
The age of revolution i7891848 eric hobsbawm vintage books a division of random house, inc. The age of empire, 18751914 by eric hobsbawm, paperback. The short twentieth century, 19141991, acts as a sequel to the trilogy. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and.
Europe, 17891848 this is the book in which hobsbawn gets to put his marxist views to the development of capitalism and the industrial revolution in europe, a time period which must seem like a gift from the heavens to his school of historians. The first in eric hobsbawms dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. It is the first in a trilogy of books about the long 19th century. From his early books on the industrial revolution and european empires, to his magisterial 1995 study of the short twentieth century, the age of extremes, hobsbawm has become known as one of the finest practitioners of the craft of writing history. The age of revolution is eric hobsbawm s survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848. He died in london in october 2012 at the age of ninetyfive. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about. Despite hobsbawms virtuosityor, perhaps, partly because of itthe age of revolution was largely ignored by american academics. The age of revolution, 17891848 mass market paperback january 1, 1962 by e. Major events covered during that period include the storming of the bastille marking the beginnings of the french revolution and the publication of the communist manifesto by karl marx, signaling the widespread political upheaval in europe. The book is the second in a tetralogy covering the period 17891991.
Discusses the evolution of european economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the first world war. Preceded by the age of revolution, 17891848 1962 and the age of capital, 18481875 1975, this completes hobsbawm s probing analysis of the forces that shaped and defined the 19th century. Oct 01, 2012 even more influential in the long term was the age of series, which he began in 1962 with the age of revolution. This book traces the transformation of the world between 1789 and 1848 insofar as it was due to what is here called the dual revolution the french revolution of 1789 and the contemporaneous british industrial revolution. This book traces the transformation of the world between 1789 and 1848 insofar as it was due to what is here called the dual revolu tionthe french revolution of 1789 and the contemporaneous brit ish industrial revolution. Having read deeply and widely on economic and world history, hobsbawms study attempts to understand the era in.
Preceded by the age of revolution, 17891848 1962 and the age of capital, 18481875 1975, this completes hobsbawms probing analysis of the forces that shaped and defined the 19th century. It follows the age of revolution 17891848 and precedes the age of empire 18751914. Dividing the century into the age of catastrophe, 19141950, the golden age, 19501973, and the landslide, 19731991, hobsbawm marshals a vast array of data into a volume of unparalleled inclusiveness, vibrancy, and insight, a work that ranks with his. Hobsbawm, who lives and works in london at the ripe old age of 94, is probably the worlds best, and bestknown, marxist historian. The book traces the transformation of the world between 1789 and 1848 in so far as it was due to what is called in the book the dual revolution the french revolution of 1789 and the slightly preceding it british industrial revolution. The age of revolution is eric hobsbawms survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848. Eric john ernest hobsbawm, british historian born june 9, 1917, alexandria, egyptdied oct. The age of empire 1875 till the outbreak of the first world war is the final book in this series of modern history i have the age of empire 1875 till the outbreak of the first world war is the final book in this series of modern history i have read, and, i would suggest, the more academic and most heaviest of all. This dual revolution created the modern world as we know it. The first in eric hobsbawm s dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about the age of revolution, 17891848 by eric hobsbawm. Eric hobsbawms the age of capital is the second book in series that survey european and world history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Hobsbawm argues that the central ideas and forces that molded both the nineteenth century world, and our own, emerged from the dual.
Hobsbawm wrote three essays on perus unusual revolutionary government of the armed forces, which lasted from 1968 to 1980. Age of revolution 17891848 paperback 26 november 1996 by e. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Hobsbawm organized his long nineteenth century into three distinct ages, each addressed in its own book. The age of revolution by eric hobsbawm waterstones. This book is therefore not except incidentally a narrative or a. Ideologically a lifelong marxist, his sociopolitical convictions influenced the character of his. The age of revolution was driven, hobsbawm argued, by modernitys dual revolutions, a french political revolution. In his book age of extremes hobsbawm defended the stalinist view of the spanish revolution and the popular front in france, not to mention the resistance movements in greece and italy. Eric hobsbawm, the communist who explained history the new. Eric hobsbawm is considered by many the greatest historian alive.
The age of revolution, 17891848 by eric hobsbawm, paperback. The age of revolution, 17891848 by eric hobsbawm librarything. I find it appropriate to say a few words on the periods which preceded and followed the period covered in the book in order to place the book. Much of the info in this response is drawn from tom stammerss and patrick glens an analysis of eric hobsbawms the age of revolution, which i published in 2015 lets start by looking at the state of play when the book was first published in 1962, then at what hobsbawm says, then at current historiography. Few historians have done more to change the way we see the history of modern times than eric hobsbawm. His approach continues to be thematic rather than chronological. Shipping may be from our sydney, nsw warehouse or from our uk or us warehouse, depending on stock availability. Instead of incisive analyses of hobsbawms books, read against the. The french revolution is only a secondary theme in this book. He is best known for his trilogy of studies on the long 19th century the age of revolution. Ej hobsbawms last major book was the age of extremes, 19141991, his acclaimed history of the short twentieth century. As a marxist, hobsbawm sees this as the major turning point in history, which unfortunately did not lead to the worldwide revolution that marxists believed would materialize.
Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both by the french revolution and also by the industrial revolution that originated in britain. It begins on 28 june 1992 when president mitterand visited sarajevo. Eric hobsbawm traces the transformation brought about in every sphere of european life by the dual revolution the 1789 french revolution and the industrial revolution that o. Hobsbawms opening chapter is a dazzling survey of the world specifically, the european world on the eve of the dual revolution. I find it appropriate to say a few words on the periods which preceded and followed the period covered in the book in order to place the book in a better context. This book traces the transformation of the world between 1789 and. A very clear case of hobsbawms stalinist distortion of history is his treatment of the spanish revolution in the 1930s. The age of capital examines the years 1848 1875 and is a work of synthesis. Early americanists certainly werent paying attention. He is considered one of the worlds bestknown historians.
The book trails world history from the outbreak of world war i to the collapse of the soviet. As a marxist, hobsbawm sees this as the major turning point in history, which unfortunately did not lead to the worldwide revolution that. Eric hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of european life by the dual revolution the 1789 french revolution and the industrial revolution that originated in britain. May 09, 2019 eric hobsbawm was a historian and a communist. Buy a cheap copy of the age of empire, 18751914 book by eric hobsbawm. The topics on which hobsbawm focuses are the advent of total war, the russian revolution. The most successful, and probably the best, of his 16 books the age of extremes 19141991, the final volume in his ambitious threepart history of the world since the french revolution. When he died, in 2012, at the age of ninetyfive, nearly all of his books were still in print, his. This book tracks not only the birth of the industrial revolution, but also the postnatal effects the revolution had on british economics and society over the next two hundred years. Hobsbawm argues that an aggresive governmental policy of warforprofit that allowed the british to capture large markets and resources in the tropics was the.
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