Trilogía eras

Modern History: The Four Ages #1-3

by Eric J. Hobsbawm

Este libro no sólo se ocupa de los acontecimientos políticos y de los avances económicos, sino que presta una atención especial al desarrollo de la ciencia y del arte, y se ocupa de temas como la formación de un mundo global. Una obra que se ha convertido ya en un clásico de la historiografía contemporánea.

En él se reúnen los tres volúmenes esenciales de Hobsbawn: La era de la revolución, La era del capital, La era del imperio, que recorren la historia desde 1789 hasta 1914.

Genres: History

1096 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. His best-known works include his tetralogy about what he called the "long 19th century" (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914) and the "short 20th century" (The Age of Extremes), and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions". A life-long Marxist, his socio-political convictions influenced the character of his work.
Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and spent his childhood mainly in Vienna and Berlin. Following the death of his parents and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, Hobsbawm moved to London with his adoptive family. After serving in the Second World War, he obtained his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge. In 1998, he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour. He was president of Birkbeck, University of London, from 2002 until his death. In 2003, he received the Balzan Prize for European History since 1900, "for his brilliant analysis of the troubled history of 20th century Europe and for his ability to combine in-depth historical research with great literary talent."

Reviews

[Ligeramente Mar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un recorrido por todo el siglo XIX, desde la revolución francesa hasta el comienzo de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Aunque quiere ser una historia mundial, se centra, sobre todo en Europa, y no en todos los países. Pero para hacerse una idea general de la situación mundial de la época, es estupendo. No sólo se trata política y economía, también la sociedad, las clases, las artes o las ciencias. Yo lo he disfrutado muchísimo. Sólo le pongo pegas a la traducción de los dos primeros libros de la trilogía, a veces un poco farragosa (también puede ser que a mí me costara la lectura).

[David]

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