Hobsbawm, Eric

The age of capital 1848-1875 - London Abacus books 1997 - 413 p. Includes bibliographical reference and index

Hobsbawm analyzed the 19th and 20th century processes of modernization using what he calls the dual revolution thesis, which recognized the dual importance of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution as midwives of modern European history, and (through the connections of colonialism and imperialism) world history.

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