The age of revolution by eric hobsbawm waterstones. It is the first in a trilogy of books about the long 19th century. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Robert heilbroner, writing about hobsbawm s the age of extremes 19141991 said, i know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible futures. Insofar as a country felt the repercussions of the dual revolution in this period, i have attempted to refer to it, though often cursorily. Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both by the french revolution and also by the industrial revolution. It is therefore strictly neither a history of europe nor of the world. The first in eric hobsbawms dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. Eric hobsbawm was a schoolboy in berlin when hitler came to power. The age of revolution 17891848 eric hobsbawm libcom. Buy the age of revolution by eric hobsbawm from waterstones today.
The first in eric hobsbawm s dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. Last year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of eric hobsbawms age of revolution, 17891848, a milestone that was largely overlooked in the more general hubbub over the great historians. Europe 17891848 summary the age of revolution is eric hobsbawms survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848. The age of empire 18751914 is the third of eric hobsbawms quartet of books covering the tumultuous rise of the modern industrialised world. 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. 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.
I think that perhaps companion volumes should have been made revolution in france. Had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have. The french revolution is only a secondary theme in this book. Eric hobsbawms the age of capital is the second book in series that survey european and world history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 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. If youd like to upload content to the library which is in line with the aims of the site or will otherwise be of interest to libcom users, please check out our guides to submitting libraryhistory articles and tagging articles. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and the age of. The age of total war eric hobsbawm lines of grey muttering faces, masked with fear, they leave their trenches, going over the top, while time ticks blank and busy on their wrists, and hope, with furtive. It contains biographies of 222 men and women who shaped modern british history and who died in the year 2012. In it, hobsbawm comments on what he sees as the disastrous failures of state socialism. It is the first in a trilogy of books about the long 19th century coined by hobsbawm, followed by the age of. 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.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Insofar as a country felt the repercussions of the dual revolution in this period, i have attempted to refer to it. New biography of the historian eric hobsbawn in the oxford. The age of revolution 17891848 and the age of capital 1848. Publication date 1996 topics industrial revolution. Eric hobsbawm, who was born the same year as the russian revolution, and driven to britain from central europe by nazism, died on october 1st, aged. Born in 1917, eric hobsbawm was emeritus professor of history at birbeck college, university of london, and emeritus universtiy professor of politics and society at the new school for social research. The age of revolution is eric hobsbawms survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848. The latest update of the oxford dictionary of national biography has just been published. The short twentieth century, 19141991 is a book by eric hobsbawm, published in 1994. Eric hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Some, like this title, only have the useless pofs epub version, which to me is undesirable, ill never make do with this tripe, the title is a reject in these cases, but on this slow site, there is no indicator of epub. Yet by the time of his death at the age of 95, he had achieved a unique position.
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. If you have an ebook reader or a kindle, check out our guide to using ebook readers with. Buy a cheap copy of the age of empire, 18751914 book by eric hobsbawm. The age of capital examines the years 1848 1875 and. Eric hobsbawm was born in 1917 in alexandria, egypt. This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic. Hobsbawms age of revolution the world in the 1780s. Eric hobsbawm was a fellow of the british academy and the american academy of arts and sciences. Hobsbawms opening chapter is a dazzling survey of the world specifically, the european world on the eve of the dual revolution. Had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have described him as britains most distinguished marxist historian and would have left it more or less there. Hobsbawm is a master historian who brilliantly documents and analyses the world in his scrupulously researched trilogy from a britisheurocentric perspective from the french revolution to wwi.
Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both by the french revolution and also by the industrial revolution that originated in britain. He sketches out the forces and relations of production and. Pdf an analysis of eric hobsbawms age of revolution macat. But if you are curious about why and how the industrial revolution created so much hardship and how the french revolution changed the european attitude toward revolution in general, this is the book to read. Before retirement he taught at birkbeck college, university of london, and after retirement at the new. Books by eric hobsbawm author of the age of extremes. A braudel for the modern worlda masterful recreation of the years that formed our centuryby englands leading social historian. Hobsbawm organized his long nineteenth century into three distinct ages, each addressed in its own book. Major events covered during that period include the storming of the bastille marking the. A special free schools edition of the peterloo graphic novel is available now for use in the classroom.
Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. Discusses the evolution of european economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the. In short, on rereading hobsbawm i am tempted to conclude that, if this is not what modern historians do, or think it is possible to do then so much the worse for them. Yet this volume also acts as a denouement, because it. Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both by the french. The age of total war eric hobsbawm masarykova univerzita. Eric hobsbawms most popular book is the age of extremes. If its your first time on the site, or youre looking for something specific, it can be difficult to know where to start. An analysis of eric hobsbawms the age of revolution. The libcom library contains nearly 20,000 articles. Eric hobsbawms age of revolution the rational colonel. Journey through 70 years of extraordinary, people, ideas, events and fascinating objects with the age of revolution timeline.