Also by E. J. Hobsbawm: E. J. Hobsbawm “TE AGE OF REVOLUTION 179-188 “tar or txts THE AGE OF CAPITAL 1848-1875Fist published in Great Britain by ‘Weidenfl and Nenson La 1973 ist pled by Abacus 1977 Reprinted 19H, 1984, 985,198, 1989, 1981, 192, 1985 (ec) CCopyriht © FJ. Hobsbawen 1975 All ight reseed ‘No pur ft pubeation maybe reproduced, stored ina rerierl sytem of anemia orm or by any means, tout the pie permit a wetng ofthe publisher, nor be there ciated in ny form of binding or cover oe tha hatin which i publabed a ‘withoat x smiar condition ecteding hi ‘condition being impos onthe subsequent purchaser, Protein England by Clas Lid Stes ple ISBN 0 349 10480 8 Abus ‘ADiviion of Lite, rowa and Company (UK) ‘reenham House Tancater Place London WC2E TEN Contents Mstrations Preface Introduction ‘PART ONE: REVOLUTIONARY FRELUDE 1 ‘The Springtime of Peoples’ ‘PART-TWO: DEVELOPMENTS ‘The Great Boom ‘The World Untied Conflicts and War Building Nations ‘The Forces of Democracy Losers Winners ‘Changing Society PART THREE: RESULTS 10 The Land 11 Men Moving 12 City, Industry, the Working Class 13 The Bourgeois World 14 Science, Religion, Ideology 1S. The Ars 16 Conclusion Tables Maps Notes Farther Reading Index“To Marlene, Andrew and Julia 10 n B “ 15 16 List of Illustrations “The British Beehive by Cruickshank (photo: Radio Times Holton Picture Library) Foremen at the Intemational Exhibition, 186 (photo Victoria and Albert Museum) "Mr Ashton’s ingenious steam wineh (photo: ‘Albert Maseum) Poster for Johann Straus" ‘Demolition Poa’ (Strauss Collection; photo: Robert Rogers) Building the London underground railway, engraving (photo: ‘Mary Evans Picture Litrary) Gustave Doré, er London by Rail (photo: Mansell Coletion) “Manchester fom Blacktiars Bridge, 1859 (photo: George Grundy, “Manchester Public Libraries) Paris, Boulevard Sebastopol (photo: Radio Times Hulton Picture Libeary) Paris, Boulevard des Italien, 1864 (photo: Radio Times Hilton Picture Library) “Carving the Join’, stereoscopic photograph, c, 1860 (photo: ‘Victoria and Albert Museum) Room in Lincoln Court, ilustration in the Mutated Times, 1861 (photo: Weidenfeld and Nicolson archives) Paris salon, 1867 (photo: Roger-Viole) ‘Mr Willams’ Academy, ¢, 1865 (photo: Lewisham Local History Library) Eyre Crowe, The Dinner Hour, Wigan (City Art Gallery, ‘Manchestet) Fore Street, Lambeth York Whar, c, 1860 (photo: Vitoria and Albert Maseum) ith ofcer ia Indi, Picture Librany) 'W. W, Hooper, ‘The Last ofthe Herd’, , 1877 (photo: Royal ‘Geographical Society) etoria and 1870 (photo: Radio Times Hulton