From 1750 to the present day economic hist of britain. From 1750 to the present day kindle edition by e j hobsbawm author 4. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Perhaps only so lucky an industrial power as this could have ever afforded that distrust of logic and planning. Eric hobsbawm was born in alexandria in 1917 and educated in austria, germany, and england. Hobsbawm, a british marxist historian, views the british industrial revolution as unique, if only because there were no competing industrialized economies.
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