title: The Age of Empire: 1875-1914 (History Greats)
author: E J (Eric J ) Hobsbawm
description: Eric Hobsbawn is a fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he taught until retirement at Birkbeck College, University of London, and since then at the New York School for Social Reseach in New York.
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  Eric Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria in 1917 and was educated in Vienna,
  Berlin, London and Cambridge. A Fellow of the British Academy and the American
  Academy of Arts and Sciences, with honorary degrees from universities in
  several countries, he taught until retirement at Birkbeck College, University
  of London, and since then at the New School for Social Research in New York.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ##### _Also by Eric Hobsbawm_
  
  
  ##### The Age of Revolution 1789–1848 (Phoenix Press)  
  The Age of Empire 1875–1914 (Phoenix Press)  
  Age of Extremes 1914–1991
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # THE AGE OF CAPITAL
  
  
  ##### _1848–1875_
  
  
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  ##### _To Marlene, Andrew and Julia_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  > [Cover](dummy_split_000.html#filepos176)
  
  
  > [Title](dummy_split_003.html#filepos1159)
  
  
  > [Dedication](dummy_split_004.html#filepos1766)
  
  
  > [About the Author](dummy_split_001.html#filepos249)  
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  > [Preface](dummy_