{"product_id":"industry-and-empire-the-birth-of-the-industrial-revolution-9781565845619","title":"Industry and Empire: The Birth of the Industrial Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003ePremier historian Eric Hobsbawm's brilliant study of the Industrial Revolution, which sold more than a quarter of a million copies in its original edition, is now back in print, updated for a new generation. In \u003ci\u003eIndustry and Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Hobsbawm explores the origin and dramatic course of the Industrial Revolution over two hundred and fifty years and its influence on social and political institutions. He describes and accounts for Britain's rise as the first industrial power, its decline from domination, its special relation with the rest of the world, and the effects of this trajectory on the lives of its ordinary citizens. This new edition includes a fascinating summary of events of the last twenty years, and an illuminating new conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric Hobsbawm\u003c\/strong\u003e (1917-2012) was born in Egypt in 1917 and educated in Austria, Germany, and England. He taught at Birkbeck College, the University of London, and the New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Capital\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Extremes\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eOn History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndustry and Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBandits\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn the Edge of the New Century\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRevolutionaries\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFractured Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and his memoir \u003cem\u003eInteresting Times\u003c\/em\u003e (The New Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544725721362,"sku":"9781565845619","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9dec3785-797e-4c17-bfc8-96b366735e7e.jpg?v=1731534856","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/industry-and-empire-the-birth-of-the-industrial-revolution-9781565845619","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}