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.