Books by Eric Hobsbawm
“Hobsbawm, saw the revolution beginning in France, but then extended over the whole of Europe, becoming really revolutionary when a new actor entered the scene, the working class. So, then it’s not the bourgeoisie claiming its rights against the aristocracy, but the industrial proletariat, which enters the scene, pushing for more radical reform and claiming their social rights.” Read more...
The best books on The Age of Revolution
Paschalis Kitromilides, Historian
The Age of Capital: 1848-1975
by Eric Hobsbawm
It is history on a grand scale that is also a history of individual lives. It is about the mobility of working people in the middle of the 19th century
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The best books on Economic History, recommended by Emma Rothschild
In time of economic crisis, studying the past can teach us much about the world economy today, says economic historian Emma Rothschild.
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The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848
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Europe Between the Revolutions 1815-1848
by Jacques Droz -
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A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution
by François Furet & Mona Ozouf -
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Revolution and the Republic: A History of Political Thought in France Since the Eighteenth Century
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The Enlightenment That Failed
by Jonathan Israel
The best books on The Age of Revolution, recommended by Paschalis Kitromilides
The best books on The Age of Revolution, recommended by Paschalis Kitromilides
The American Revolution of 1776 and the French Revolution of 1789 upended the political order on both sides of the Atlantic. The battle of Waterloo in 1815 did not bring things to a close. Revolutionary activity continued in Europe and Latin America with varying degrees of success right through to 1848. Here political scientist Paschalis Kitromilides, Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens, discusses the various forces that drove the ‘age of revolution.’
