Evocative analysis of a watershed
Review Essay of Eric Hobsbawm's 19th century trilogy
This trilogy covers Europe from the French Revolution to the eve of World War I. Though Hobsbawm is often criticized as basic and obvious, I read his trilogy as a review and articulation of a number of issues that have long fascinated me, that is, the watershed developments that shape the modern world (e.g., the establishment of constitutional democracy…
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