The Age of Capital: 1848-1875 by Eric Hobsbawm (English) Paperback Book

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In this book, Eric Hobsbawm chronicles the events and trends that led to the triumph of private enterprise and its exponents in the years between 1848 and 1875. Along with Hobsbawm's other volumes, this book constitutes and intellectual key to the origins of the world in which we now live.

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In this book, Eric Hobsbawm chronicles the events and trends that led to the triumph of private enterprise and its exponents in the years between 1848 and 1875.  Along with Hobsbawm's othervolumes, this book constitutes and intellectual key to the origins of the world in which we now live.Although it pulses with great events—failed revolutions, catastrophic wars, and a global depression—The Age of Capital is most outstanding for its analyis of the trends that created the new order.  With the sweep and sophistication that have made him one of our greatest historians, Hobsbawm indentifies this epoch's winners and losers, its institutions, ideologies, science, and religion.

Author Biography

Born in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was educated in Austria, Germany, and England.  He was Emeritus Professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London, and Emeritus Universtiy Professor of politics and socity at the New School for Social Research.  He is the author of more than fourteen books, including The Age of Revolution, The Age of Empire, The Age of Extremes, and The Jazz Scene. He died in 2012.

Review

"Eric Hobsbawm is one of the few genuinely great historians of our century."  —The New Republic"Brilliant. . . . [This period] must be understood from a global perspective.  Hobsbawm is at his best when he dissects the bourgeois culture of 'repectability.'" —The New York Times Book Review"One of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades."  —The New York Review of Books

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"Eric Hobsbawm is one of the few genuinely great historians of our century."

Details ISBN0679772545 Pages 368 Language English ISBN-10 0679772545 ISBN-13 9780679772545 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 940.28 Illustrations Yes Year 1996 Short Title AGE OF CAPITAL Subtitle 1848-1875 DOI 10.1604/9780679772545 UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 1996-11-26 NZ Release Date 1996-11-26 US Release Date 1996-11-26 Author Eric Hobsbawm Publisher Random House USA Inc Publication Date 1996-11-26 Imprint Random House Inc Audience General Series History of the Modern World We've got this

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