April 12, 2024
AGE of REVOLUTION: EUROPE 1789-1848: ENGLAND & FRANCE by E.J.HOBSBAWM/1962 1st
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THE AGE OF REVOLUTION: EUROPE 1789-1848. BY E. J. HOBSBAWM . London : Weidenfield and Nicolson , 1962. First Edition. Scarce.A solid and attractive scarce book. Published more than 50 years ago, this edition is now long out of print and hard to find.From the dust jacket: "IN 1789 Louis XVI was still alive; in 1848, the Communist Manifesto was issued. In the sixty intervening years, the French Revolution and the English Industrial Revolution, between them, brought about the greatest transformation in history since remote antiquity. IT was the "dual revolution" that created the modern world as we know it. The Age of Revolution traces the course of this dual revolution and, with brilliant analytical clarity, shows its effect on every sphere of human clarity, shows its effect on every sphere of human life -- in the conduct of war and diplomacy; in the new industrial areas and on the land; in methods of government and revolution; in science, philosophy, and religion; in literature and the arts. "Industry," "working class," "capitalism," "railway," "scientist," "nationalist," "aristocracy," "socialism" -- to take but a few examples, are all words that were invented or acquired their contemporary meanings during this period. This stimulating addition tot he World Histories of civilization series re-creates the most significant sixty years
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