Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed by both the French Revolution and by the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain. In The Age of Revolution, the first of his four volume world history, Hobsbawm traces with characteristic analytical clarity the changes brought about in every sphere of European life by this 'Dual Revolution'--in the conduct of war and diplomacy; in the new industrial areas and on the land; among peasantry, bourgeoisie, and aristocracy; in methods of government and of revolution; in science, philosophy, and religion; and in literature and the arts. Above all, Hobsbawm views this as the period when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe and when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for a century.  

"A brilliant account of Europe in its revolutionary age."--A.J.P. Taylor, New Statesman

"One of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades."--New York Review of Books

The other volumes in the series, The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes are all available from Vintage Books.
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Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was educated in Vienna, Berlin, London, and Cambridge. From 1947-1982, Hobsbawm was Professor of Economic and Social History at Birbeck College, University of London. He also taught at Stanford, MIT, Cornell, and the New School for Social Research from 1982 to 2001. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the author of more than 20 books of history including The Age of RevolutionThe Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes. View titles by Eric Hobsbawm

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Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed by both the French Revolution and by the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain. In The Age of Revolution, the first of his four volume world history, Hobsbawm traces with characteristic analytical clarity the changes brought about in every sphere of European life by this 'Dual Revolution'--in the conduct of war and diplomacy; in the new industrial areas and on the land; among peasantry, bourgeoisie, and aristocracy; in methods of government and of revolution; in science, philosophy, and religion; and in literature and the arts. Above all, Hobsbawm views this as the period when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe and when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for a century.  

"A brilliant account of Europe in its revolutionary age."--A.J.P. Taylor, New Statesman

"One of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades."--New York Review of Books

The other volumes in the series, The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes are all available from Vintage Books.

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© Jerry Bauer
Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) was educated in Vienna, Berlin, London, and Cambridge. From 1947-1982, Hobsbawm was Professor of Economic and Social History at Birbeck College, University of London. He also taught at Stanford, MIT, Cornell, and the New School for Social Research from 1982 to 2001. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the author of more than 20 books of history including The Age of RevolutionThe Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes. View titles by Eric Hobsbawm

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