This was the point at which eric hobsbawm set out to publish a new book about marx with a putative call to action for a title. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Europe 17891848, and followed in 1975 and 1987 respectively with the age of capital, 18481875 and the age of empire, 18751914. Help us create the kind of literary community youve always dreamed of. A powerful and unsettling book, eric hobsbawms age of extremes brings to a close the series of historical studies he began in 1962 with the age of revolution. Full text of eric hobsbawm age of revolution 1789 1848 see other formats. How to change the world online university of the left. Following recent custom, one of the plenary sessions at this past years american anthropological association featured a distinguished nonanthropologist whose work has been. He is considered one of the worlds bestknown historians. Hobsbawm, calls the short twentieth century, ranging from the start of world war one to the breakup of the soviet union.
Chapter 1 is a largely expanded and rewritten contribution to a public conversation on marx held under the auspices of the jewish book week in 2007. Globalisation democracy and terrorism hardcover jan 01. Ideologically a lifelong marxist, his sociopolitical convictions influenced the character of his work. It is difficult to imagine that anyone other than hobsbawm could have approached much less achieved. A history of the world 19141991 takes as its subject matter what its author, eric j. Full text of eric hobsbawm age of revolution 1789 1848. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Thompson, the making of the english working class 1963 5 hobsbawm, workingclass internationalism. Jahrhunderts, carl hanser verlag 1995, 783 seiten, preis, 64. Kindle edition published in 2014, kindle edition published in 2011, 9027467285. Sein bekanntestes buch ist gewiss the age of extremes. Nun stehen wir also am beginn eines neuen jahrtausends. A powerful and unsettling book, eric hobsbawm s age of extremes brings to a close the series of historical studies he began in 1962 with the age of revolution. Essays for eric hobsbawm, edited by pat thane, geoffrey crossick and roderick floud, cambridge u.