Le rivoluzioni borghesi (1789-1848)

Amazing: Hobsbawm deconstructs the ‘great man’ hypotheses of history by redirecting the focus of his historical analysis on to the important underlying material and sociological processes. In other words: Rather than telling history from the lens of nation states, war and the important individuals who Leggi tutto

This book is, I'm sure, an informative introduction to the interesting period between the first and second French Revolutions. But it reads like a lecture, which is to say, it goes for narrative at the expense of detail. The narrative is an interesting one, and Hobsbawm is evidently jumping-up-and-d Leggi tutto

Unsurpassed erudition and magisterial prose from an Olympian height herein commingle, and often, as in later chapters (see below), superpose to make for most uncommon reading. He doesn't stoop to explain key concepts, does EJH (Chartism, Sans Culotte-ism, Garabaldinism, ...&c), or get into the weeds Leggi tutto

Εξαιρετικός ο Hobsbawm. Ειδικά για κάποιον που δεν έχει σπουδάσει ιστορία, μαθαίνει πολλά. Μια πολύ καλή περιληπτική εικόνα της εποχής 1789-1848, της Γαλλικής και της Βιομηχανικής επανάστασης, των πολέμων, της ειρήνης, της εκβιομηχάνισης, των γραμμάτων, των τεχνών, της κοινωνικής προόδου κτλ. Σπουδα Leggi tutto

The preface/introduction explicitly says that it's going to be a Eurocentric book focusing on France and Britain. Which is fair enough, although the title is a little dishonest - he only has limited space to cover an era of massive change and even though it's very disappointing not to see much about Leggi tutto

Μια φανταστική σειρά βιβλίων ιστορίας! Η περίοδος αυτή στο μυαλό μου ήταν λίγο πολύ άγνωστη εκτός από τα 2 βασικά γεγονότα της εποχής. Ο Hobsbawm αναλύει την Γαλλική επανάσταση, την βιομηχανική επανάσταση τις εξελίξεις τους και τα αποτελέσματα τους. Είναι φανταστική η επιρροή της Γαλλίας στην επανασ Leggi tutto

عصر انقلاب اروپا نوشته اریک هابسپام اولین کتاب از سه گانه او ، عصر امپراتوری و عصر سرمایه هست که بیشتر وقایع قرن نوزدهم را بررسی می کند . کتاب به دو انقلاب بسیار مهم قرن هیجدهم و نوزدهم یعنی انقلاب کبیر فرانسه و انقلاب صنعتی در انگلستان پرداخته که هر کدام جهان را به گونه متفاوت ولی بسیار اثرگذاری تغ Leggi tutto

The Long Nineteenth Century started with dual revolutions: the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. French ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity swept through Europe and colonies in the Americas. It was both popularly and militarily driven. The power of the nation was contagious, a Leggi tutto