The Age of Revolution
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Abacus
Published: January 1, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9780349104843
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Europe; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World
Description: Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in evry sphere of European life by the Dual revolution - the 1789 French revolution and the Industrial Revolution that originated 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 half a century. --