The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848: Europe, 1789-1848

The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848: Europe, 1789-1848

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E.J.HOBSBAWN TRACES WITH BRILLIANT ANALYTICAL CLARITY THE TRANSFORMATION BROUGHT ABOUT IN EVERY SPEHRE OF EUROPEAN LIFE BY THE DUAL REVOLUTION - THE 1789 FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION THAT ORIGIANTED IN BRITAIN. THIS ENTHRALLING AND ORIGINAL ACCOUNT HIGHLIGHTS THE SIGNIFICANT SIXTY YEARS 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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 413
Edition: New
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 01 Oct 1991

ISBN 10: 0747402906
ISBN 13: 9780747402909

Author Bio
Eric Hobsbawm was a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before retirement he taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, and after retirement at the New School for Social Research in New York. Previous books include AGE OF EXTREMES, THE AGE OF REVOLUTION and THE AGE OF EMPIRE. He died 1st October 2012