{"product_id":"the-age-of-capital-1848-1875-9780679772545","title":"The Age of Capital: 1848-1875","description":"In this book, Eric Hobsbawm chronicles the events and trends that led to the triumph of private enterprise and its exponents in the years between 1848 and 1875. Along with Hobsbawm's other\u003cbr\u003e volumes, this book constitutes and intellectual key to the origins of the world in which we now live. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough it pulses with great events--failed revolutions, catastrophic wars, and a global depression--\u003ci\u003eThe Age of Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is most outstanding for its analyis of the trends that created the new order. With the sweep and sophistication that have made him one of our greatest historians, Hobsbawm indentifies this epoch's winners and losers, its institutions, ideologies, science, and religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was educated in Austria, Germany, and England. He was Emeritus Professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London, and Emeritus Universtiy Professor of politics and socity at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of more than fourteen books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Extremes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Jazz Scene\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912517718290,"sku":"9780679772545","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f5b12b67-cded-4d57-b1eb-42c37666161a.jpg?v=1738772985","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-age-of-capital-1848-1875-9780679772545","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}