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Modern History Series

This series delves into the pivotal eras that shaped the modern world, focusing on the transformative forces that reshaped society. It examines revolutionary changes, such as industrial and political upheaval, and their profound impact on daily life, technology, and ideology. Readers will explore the rise of new social classes, the birth of modern sciences, and the global dissemination of ideas. This is an indispensable guide for understanding the roots of our contemporary global landscape.

The Age of Extremes
The Age of Empire: 1875-1914
The age of capital : 1848-1875
The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

Recommended Reading Order

  1. The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

    • 413 pages
    • 15 hours of reading

    A different book for this isbn can be found here. Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant analytical clarity the transformation brought about in every 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.

    The Age of Revolution: 1789-18481
    4.2

  2. The age of capital : 1848-1875

    A major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 - a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism throught the world. In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world: "capitalism". The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. It was the triumph of a society which believed that economic growth rests on competitve private enterprise, on success in buying everything in the cheapest market (including labour) and selling it in the dearest. An economy so based, and therefore nestling naturally on the sound foundations of a bourgeoisie composed of those whom energy, merit and intelligence had raised to their position and kept there, would - it was believed - not only create a world of suitably distributed material plenty but of ever-growing enlightenment, reason and human opportunity, an advance of the sciences and the arts, in brief a world of continuous and accelerating material and moral progress.

    The age of capital : 1848-18752
    4.3

  3. The Age of Empire: 1875-1914

    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. Hobsbawm combines vast erudition with a graceful prose style to re-create the epoch that laid the basis for the twentieth century.

    The Age of Empire: 1875-19143
    4.3

  4. The Age of Extremes

    A History of the World, 1914-1991

    • 672 pages
    • 24 hours of reading

    The book explores the 20th century by dividing it into three distinct periods: the Age of Catastrophe, the Golden Age, and the Landslide. Hobsbawm utilizes extensive data to provide a comprehensive and insightful analysis of these eras, highlighting their unique characteristics and impacts on modern history. This work stands alongside his renowned classics, offering readers a rich and vibrant understanding of the century's transformative events and trends.

    The Age of Extremes4
    4.3