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The Age of Capital

1848-1875

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The first and best major treatment of the crucial years 1848-1875 - a penetrating analysis of the rise of capitalism throughout the world.

In the 1860s a new word entered the economic and political vocabulary of the world: 'capitalism'. The global triumph of capitalism is the major theme of history in the decades after 1848. It was the triumph of a society which believed that economic growth rests on competitive private enterprise, on success in buying everything in the cheapest market (including labour) and selling it in the dearest. An economy so based, and therefore nestling naturally on the sound foundations of a bourgeoisie composed of those whose energy, merit and intelligence had raised to their position and kept there, would - it was believed - create a world not only of suitably distributed material plenty but of ever-growing enlightenment, reason and human opportunity, an advance of the sciences and the arts: in brief, a world of continuous and accelerating material and moral progress.

©1975 Eric Hobsbawm (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK 19th Century Europe Modern World Capitalism Socialism Latin American Imperialism Africa Middle Ages Social justice Self-Determination War Soviet Union Liberalism United Kingdom Economic disparity Taxation China Middle East Economic Inequality Interwar Period
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The book that is being read is a thorough description and analyses of the period with interesting themes and arguments and makes a good sequel to The Age of Revolution.

The voice itself is good and I did not catch any glaring mistakes with the pronunciation but the volume is too low. I usually listen to my audiobooks in a moderately loud environment (near commercial dishwasher) and I cannot hear the audiobook even at full volume.

Overall, a good listen but too quiet.

Good book but too quiet

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I wished if Hobsbawm could have structured his arguments philosophically underpinned - the rationale behind capitalist creed.

Tells you in detail how capitalist creed came to dominate the mankind.

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