The age of total war eric hobsbawm lines of grey muttering faces, masked with fear, they leave their trenches, going over the top, while time ticks blank and busy on their wrists, and hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists, flounders in mud. Internal pluralism was also increased with a widening of the now highly concentrated financial sector of the economy, with an increase in the importance of the city of london. On the edge of the new century is the sequel to eric hobsbawms the age of extremes, a book of serious and challenging historical analysis that became a worldwide bestseller, now in paperback. Premier historian eric hobsbawms brilliant study of the industrial revolution, which sold more than a quarter of a million copies in its original edition, is now back in print, updated for a new generation.
In it, hobsbawm comments on what he sees as the disastrous failures of state socialism, capitalism, and nationalism. The first two volumes of this trilogy, such is the exciting sweep of their. 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 hobsbawm on history pdf download lianeybreathun. Previous books include age of extremes, the age of revolution and the age of empire. Hobsbawm combines vast erudition with a graceful prose style to recreate the epoch that laid the basis for the twentieth century. Eric john ernest hobsbawm british historian britannica. Hobsbawm moves skillfully through a variety of topics, e. The great strength of this book is the way in which what seems in so many ways a. 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. Eric hobsbawms the age of empire occupies a special place in what has grown, without the authors originally intending it, into the final volume of a trilogy in which hobsbawm makes sense, on the grand scale, of the 19th century of the world which flourished before, and led to, the catastrophe of 1914. I doubt that we shall get a more penetrating and politically valuable account.
The age of total war eric hobsbawm masarykova univerzita. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Erica hobsbawm discusses the evolution of european economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the first world war. 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. Eric hobsbawm the age of empire pdf 34m7dm079p46 idocpub. Before retirement he taught at birkbeck college, university of london, and after retirement at the new school for social research in new york.
A colleague familiar with eric hobsbawm summed him up pretty much in two words. The age of empire 18751914 is the third of eric hobsbawms quartet of books covering the tumultuous rise of the modern industrialised world. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Having read deeply and widely on economic and world history, hobsbawms study attempts to understand. Egypt was both a living museum, suitable for cultural selfimprovement, and a sophisticated community of the cosmopolitan european middle class, with whom communication was easily possible by means of the. Though not easy to read, the age of empire, like its companions, will stand the test of time.
If its your first time on the site, or youre looking for something specific, it can be difficult to know where to start. Between the world wars, the family moved first to vienna and then to berlin. The libcom library contains nearly 20,000 articles. The age of empire 18751914 is the third of eric hobsbawm s quartet of books covering the tumultuous rise of the modern industrialised world. Historian acclaimed as one of the finest of the 20th century. The age of extremes, by eric hobsbawm commentary magazine. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world. How it was that one society, europe, came to dominate the world, but could not resolve its own internal contradictions, is the theme of eric hobsbawms the age of empire. The age of empire is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal.
As he publishes his latest book, 93yearold historian eric hobsbawm talks communism and coalition with one of britains newer breed, tristram hunt, now a labour mp. I assume you know you are referring to eric hobsbawm work the age of empire. The splendid finale to eric hobsbawms study of the nineteenth century, the age of empire covers the area of western imperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to the outbreak of world war one and shaped modern society. Eric hobsbawms the age of capital is the second book in series that survey european and world history during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Eric hobsbawm historian age of revolution capital empire. In industry and empire, hobsbawm explores the origin and dramatic course of the industrial revolution over two hundred and fifty years and its influence on social and political institutions. Author of the age of revolution, industry and empire, captain swing, the age of capital, 18481875, labouring men, primitive rebels, bandits, the age of extremes eric hobsbawm open library donate. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears. Publication date 1989 topics history, modern 19th century. Eric john ernest hobsbawm, british historian born june 9, 1917, alexandria, egyptdied oct. The age of empire to be done in the ottoman empire and the middle east, and austria had long been central europes business window on the orient. 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. The age of capital examines the years 1848 1875 and is a work of synthesis. 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.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. Eric hobsbawm was a fellow of the british academy and the american academy of arts and sciences. 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. The age of revolution i7891848 eric hobsbawm vintage books a division of random house, inc. The short 20th century and a memoir, interesting times. It is about queen victoria, madame curie and the kodak girl, and the novel social world of cloth caps, golf clubs and brassieres, about nietzsche, carnegie, william morris and dreyfus, about politically ineffective terrorists, one of whom, to his and everyones surprise, started a world war. Had eric hobsbawm died 25 years ago, the obituaries would have described him as britains most distinguished marxist historian and would have left it. This is part of his series of european history, consisting of. Age of capital, essentially covering the rise of capitalism from 1848 till the 1870s and, from when i started reading eric hobsbawm the age of extremes, dealing with the short twentieth century up till the mid 1990s. 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. A magisterial account of the rise of capitalism eric hobsbawms magnificent treatment of the crucial years 18481875 is a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture. The age of extremes, 19141991 by eric hobsbawm, paperback. Hobsbawns marxist orientation is never dominant or obtrusive.
Pdf age of empire 1875 1914 download read online free. The age of revolution, 17891848 the age of capital, 18481875 the age of empire, 18751914 the age. The age of empire is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. Much of the info in this response is drawn from tom stammerss and patrick glens an analysis of eric hobsbawms the age of revolution, which i published in 2015. It is the third in a trilogy of books about the long 19th. His many books include a threepart study of the long 19th century the age of revolution, the age of capital and the age of empire, age of extremes.
The short twentieth century, 19141991 is a book by eric hobsbawm, published in 1994. A bracing and magisterial work from a rich and acerbic mind, adds. Full text of eric hobsbawm age of extremes 1914 1991. Dieser download kann aus rechtlichen grunden nur mit rechnungsadresse in a, b, bg, cy, cz. The age of empire, 18751914 by eric hobsbawm, paperback. How it was that one society, europe, came to dominate the world, but could not resolve its own internal contradictions, is the theme of eric hobsbawm s the age of empire. Can comment on articles and discussions get recent posts refreshed more regularly bookmark articles to your own reading list use the site private messaging system.
Going down with the band playing and the rich in evening dress. Eric hobsbawm, who died on 1 october 2012 at the age of 95, was one of the foremost historians of the 20th century. 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. Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria to a middleclass jewish family in june 1917. Why is the period between 1875 and 1914 referred to as. 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.