Eric hobsbawms most popular book is the age of extremes. Eric s early childhood was spent in vienna, austria and berlin, germany. Hobsbawms age of revolution the world in the 1780s. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Age of extremes is broadly chronological, but does not offer a narrative of events, instead tackling broad themes in nineteen largely selfcontained chapters. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of.
The age of revolution is eric hobsbawms survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848. Eric hobsbawm historian age of revolution capital empire. Between 1789 and 1848 the world was transformed both by the french revolution and also by the industrial revolution that originated in britain. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Hobsbawms age of revolution the world in the 1780s the. Major events covered during that period include the storming of the bastille marking the beginnings of the french revolution and the publication of the communist manifesto by karl marx. Yet this volume also acts as a denouement, because it completes after the age of revolution 17891848 and the age of capital 18481875 hobsbawm s internal trilogy covering the long nineteenth century.
Eric hobsbawms age of revolution the rational colonel. In it, hobsbawm comments on what he sees as the disastrous failures of state socialism, capitalism, and nationalism. He sketches out the forces and relations of production and shows how intellectual and political structures and developments derived from this economic base. Publication date 1996 topics industrial revolution.
Topics age of revolution collection opensource language english. The age of revolution, 17891848 by eric hobsbawm librarything. Click to read more about the age of revolution, 17891848 by eric hobsbawm. Buy the age of revolution by eric hobsbawm from waterstones today. This dual revolution created the modern world as we know it. In short, on rereading hobsbawm i am tempted to conclude that, if this is not what modern historians do, or think it is possible to do then so much the worse for them.
The phrase referred ostensibly to his long career as a professional historian but it also evoked hobsbawms sense of himself as someone whod had the good fortune to live in interesting times a phrase he used. The lifelong communist died only five years ago, in 2012 at the age of ninetyfive. Jan 16, 2015 hobsbawm s opening chapter is a dazzling survey of the world specifically, the european world on the eve of the dual revolution. Pdf the revolution of 1848 mostly set off by liberal, socialist and nationalist. The age of revolution 17891848 eric hobsbawm libcom. Eric hobsbawm has produced a superb overview of the middle threequarters of the 20th century.
If its your first time on the site, or youre looking for something specific, it can be difficult to know where to start. Eric hobsbawm, who was born the same year as the russian revolution, and driven to britain from central europe by nazism, died on october 1st, aged. Nations and nationalism whos who or the uncertainties of the bourgeoisie the new woman the arts transformed certainties undermined. Eric hobsbawm has 103 books on goodreads with 82375 ratings. Rather than treating the two major events in isolation, he argued that the revolutions in france and in britain may have been different, but were complementary rather than. Part of eric hobsbawm s epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and the age of extremes. Following his parents death, he moved to germany to live with his aunt who adopted him and his sister. In july 2002, eric hobsbawm, who died on 1 october at the age of 95, gave a lecture at the institute of historical research in london. First published in great britain by weidenfeld and nicolson ltd 1975 first published by. Yet this volume also acts as a denouement, because it completes after the age of revolution 17891848 and the age of capital 18481875 hobsbawms internal trilogy covering the long nineteenth century. Palmer, eric hobsbawm, david brion davisbegan speaking of an age of revolution extending from late eighteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. An outline biography of the marxist historian eric hobsbawm. Following the death of renowned historian eric hobsbawm on october 1 st of last year i vowed to make my way through his seminal age of series.
The age of capital examines the years 1848 1875 and is a work of synthesis. The age of revolution by eric hobsbawm waterstones. The sciences reason and society towards revolution from peace to war epilogue tables. The age of revolution 17891848 and the age of capital 18481875 s to understand and explain the nineteenth century and its place in history, to understand and explain a world in the process of. Eric john ernest hobsbawm, british historian born june 9, 1917, alexandria, egyptdied oct. Ideologically a lifelong marxist, his sociopolitical convictions influenced the character of his work. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and the age of. Eric john ernest hobsbawm british historian britannica. Oct 01, 2012 had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have described him as britains most distinguished marxist historian and would have left it more or less there. Eric hobsbawm age of revolution addeddate 20171214 20.
Between the world wars, the family moved first to vienna and then to berlin. In his book age of extremes hobsbawm defended the stalinist view of the spanish revolution and the popular front in france, not to mention the resistance movements in greece and italy. The short twentieth century, 19141991 is a book by eric hobsbawm, published in 1994. The crisis of the seventeenth century and the english revolution. One long century ago, on june 9, 1917, not quite halfway between the february revolution and the october revolution, eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria, egypt. Eric hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Having read deeply and widely on economic and world history, hobsbawms study attempts to understand.
The first in eric hobsbawm s dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. He long retained a memory of himself as a 14yearold boy who read on a newspaper board the headline announcing the accession of the third reich. Eric hobsbawm historian age of revolution capital empire extremes. Oct 01, 2012 eric hobsbawm was a brilliant historian. It is the authors contention that, in that period, there were essentially two revolutions. The first in eric hobsbawms dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. His father was leopold percy hobsbaum ne obstbaum, a merchant from the east end of london of polish jewish descent. The topics on which hobsbawm focuses are the advent of total war, the russian revolution, the great depression, the end of liberalism and the. Jan 03, 2012 the libcom library contains nearly 20,000 articles. Books by eric hobsbawm author of the age of extremes.
It refers specifically to the time period between 1789 and 1848 in which the political and ideological changes of the french revolution fused with and reinforced the technological and economic changes of the industrial revolution. It is therefore strictly neither a history of europe nor of the world. The french revolution is only a secondary theme in this book. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading age of revolution.
Eric hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of european life by the dual revolution the 1789 french. Eric hobsbawm is a neomarxist historian of the industrial revolution who pays particular attention to the inequities toward the lower classes, especially in law and politics. Insofar as a country felt the repercussions of the dual revolution in this period, i have attempted to refer to it, though often cursorily. Hobsbawms opening chapter is a dazzling survey of the world specifically, the european world on the eve of the dual revolution. A very clear case of hobsbawms stalinist distortion of history is his treatment of the spanish revolution in the 1930s. How did the bourgeoisies way of life evolve, especially in regard to the emancipation of women. In the short century between 1914 and 1991, the world has been convulsed by two global. Eric hobsbawms the age of capital is the second book in series that survey european and world history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Last year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of eric hobsbawms age of revolution, 17891848, a milestone that was largely overlooked in the more general hubbub over the great historians death in october. The age of empire 18751914 is the third of eric hobsbawm s quartet of books covering the tumultuous rise of the modern industrialised world. Europe 17891848 summary the age of revolution is eric hobsbawms survey of western europe during the years between 1789 and 1848.
The libcom library contains nearly 20,000 articles. Dividing the century into the age of catastrophe, 19141950, the golden age, 19501973, and the landslide, 19731991, hobsbawm marshals a vast array of data into a volume of unparalleled inclusiveness, vibrancy, and insight, a work that ranks with his classics the age of empire and the age of revolution. Eric hobsbawm a historians historian the panel opinion. Robert heilbroner, writing about hobsbawm s the age of extremes 19141991 said, i know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible futures. Age of extremes the short twentieth century, 1914 1991 eric hobsbawm the text i have chosen to analyse for this essay is eric hobsbawms historical epic age of extremes the short twentieth century 1914 1991. Jan 11, 2015 in short, on rereading hobsbawm i am tempted to conclude that, if this is not what modern historians do, or think it is possible to do then so much the worse for them. Insofar as the impact of the revolution on it in this period was negligible, i have omitted it. As a marxist, hobsbawm sees this as the major turning point in history, which unfortunately did not lead to the worldwide revolution that marxists believed would materialize. The dual revolution was a term first coined by eric hobsbawm. The topics on which hobsbawm focuses are the advent of total war, the russian revolution. Eric hobsbawm traces with brilliant analytical clarity the transformation brought about in every. But the book can be read independently, so long as readers bear in mind that it deals not with a selfcontained period which can be tidily separated from what went on before and came after.
Buy a cheap copy of the age of revolution, 17891848 book by eric hobsbawm. Eric hobsbawm was born into a jewish family in 1927 to an austrian mother british father. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The age of revolution i7891848 eric hobsbawm vintage books a division of random house, inc. For one group of his readers, the generations of students who have used his works as textbooks, the clarity and dynamism of his writing were far more. The age of empire 18751914 is the third of eric hobsbawms quartet of books covering the tumultuous rise of the modern industrialised world. The french revolution and its aftermaths and the industrial revolution, which changed the. Much of the info in this response is drawn from tom stammerss and patrick glens an analysis of eric hobsbawm s the age of revolution, which i published in 2015 lets start by looking at the state of play when the book was first published in 1962, then at what hobsbawm says, then at current historiography.
It is the first in a trilogy of books about the long 19th century. About the author born in 1917, eric hobsbawm was educated in austria, germany, and england. The idea has recently been revived, but with a difference. Eric hobsbawm s the age of revolution, 17891848 is an incredible work of history. The age of revolution, 17891848 book by eric hobsbawm. Eric hobsbawms the age of revolution, 17891848 is an incredible work of history. When hitler came into power in 1933, they moved to england. Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria to a middleclass jewish family in june 1917. He is the author of the age of revolution, the age of capital, the age of empire, and the age of extremes, and the new press has published his books on history, uncommon people, industry and empire, bandits, on the edge of the new century, revolutionaries, his memoir interesting times, on empire, and fractured times. His bestknown works include his trilogy about what he called the long 19th century the age of. Eric hobsbawm the age of revolution pdf on230zv37pl0.
This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. I had read parts during my time at university, but had always had my eye on reading them fully, and his passing seemed a fitting time to do so. Had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have described him as britains most distinguished marxist historian and would have left it. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and the age of extremes.
Eric hobsbawms age of revolution is freely available in pdf here. Major events covered during that period include the storming of the bastille marking the beginnings of the french revolution and the publication of the communist manifesto by karl marx, signaling the widespread political upheaval in europe that comes in 1848. But its an impressive number all the same, and an inescapable reminder that when we return to the age of revolution we are dealing with a very old book. As a marxist, hobsbawm sees this as the major turning point in history, which unfortunately did not lead to the worldwide revolution that. Dec 16, 2010 the first in eric hobsbawm s dazzling trilogy on the history of the nineteenth century. Age of extremes the short twentieth century, 1914 1991 eric hobsbawm the text i have chosen to analyse for this essay is eric hobsbawms historical epic age of extremes the short twentieth century 1914 1991 the text, originally printed in 1994, seeks to present a thorough yet necessarily broad analysis and importantly explanation of the world albeit. His mother was nelly hobsbaum nee grun, who was from a middleclass austrian jewish family.
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