THE AGE OF EMPIRE is a book about the strange death of the nineteenth century, the world made by and for liberal middle classes in the name of universal progress and civilisation. It is about hopes realised which turned into fears: an era of unparalleled peace engendering an era of unparalleled war; revolt and revolution emerging on the outskirts of society; a time of profound identity crisis f…
In the wake of the French Revolution & the Industrial Revolution, Europe underwent another revolution--this time a revolution of values. The author examines the rise of industrial capitalism and the consolidation of bourgeois culture, exploring the effects of mounting concentration of wealth, population migrations, and the domination of European culture. Integrating economics with political and…
This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume history of the modern world, along with The Age of Capitalism, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes.
Macpherson, C. B. Politics: post-liberal-democracy?--Shaw, M. The coming crisis of radical sociology.--Nicolaus, M. The professional organization of sociology.--Goddard, D. Anthropology: the limits of functionalism.--Nell, E. Economics: the revival of political economy.--Jones, G. S. History: the poverty of empiricism.--Westergaard, J. H. Sociology: the myth of classlessness.--Blackburn, R. The…