The Age Of Revolution: 1789-1848
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
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In the crucible of two world-altering upheavals — the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution in Britain — the modern world was forged, and E.J. Hobsbawm's The Age of Revolution: 1789–1848 stands as the definitive chronicle of that seismic transformation. With sweeping intellectual authority, Hobsbawm traces how the dual revolution — political in France and industrial in England — dismantled the old feudal order and planted the seeds of capitalism, nationalism, and class struggle across the globe, reshaping the lives of millions from London's factory floors to the barricades of Paris. Hobsbawm writes with the rare gift of a historian who sees both the grand sweep of history and the granular texture of lived experience, presenting economic forces and political ideologies not as abstract concepts but as living, breathing engines of change. A towering work of Marxist historiography, this volume is the first in his celebrated trilogy on the long 19th century, and its arguments remain as provocative and illuminating today as when first published. Whether you are a seasoned scholar or a curious newcomer, this brilliant account asks a question that refuses to be settled: who truly benefits when the world is made anew?
Author: E.J. Hobsbawm
Format: Paperback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the crucible of two world-altering upheavals — the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution in Britain — the modern world was forged, and E.J. Hobsbawm's The Age of Revolution: 1789–1848 stands as the definitive chronicle of that seismic transformation. With sweeping intellectual authority, Hobsbawm traces how the dual revolution — political in France and industrial in England — dismantled the old feudal order and planted the seeds of capitalism, nationalism, and class struggle across the globe, reshaping the lives of millions from London's factory floors to the barricades of Paris. Hobsbawm writes with the rare gift of a historian who sees both the grand sweep of history and the granular texture of lived experience, presenting economic forces and political ideologies not as abstract concepts but as living, breathing engines of change. A towering work of Marxist historiography, this volume is the first in his celebrated trilogy on the long 19th century, and its arguments remain as provocative and illuminating today as when first published. Whether you are a seasoned scholar or a curious newcomer, this brilliant account asks a question that refuses to be settled: who truly benefits when the world is made anew?