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Hobsbawm's work has one ordered sequence at its centre — the four Age volumes covering 1789 to 1991 — and everything else is standalone. Read the quartet first and in order, because the later books argue with terms the quartet defines.
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- Hobsbawm's work has one ordered sequence at its centre — the four Age volumes covering 1789 to 1991 — and everything else is standalone. Read the quartet first and in order, because the later books argue with terms the quartet defines.
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- A strong starting point is Industry and empire by Eric Hobsbawm. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.
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