The Age of Revolution by E J Hobsbawm

The Age of Revolution by E J Hobsbawm

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The Age of Revolution by E J Hobsbawm

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.
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
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ISBN 13 9780747402909
ISBN 10 0747402906
Title The Age of Revolution
Author E J Hobsbawm
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 1988-08-01
Number of pages 413
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