The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848

The Age of Revolution: Europe: 1789–1848 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, first published in 1962. It is the first in a trilogy of books about "the long 19th century" (coined by Hobsbawm), followed by The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914. A fourth book, The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991, acts as a sequel to the trilogy.

The Age of Revolution: Europe, 1789–1848

First edition
Author	Eric Hobsbawm
Country	United Kingdom, United States
Language	English
Subject	History
Publisher	Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) World Publishing (US)
Publication date	1962
Pages	366
ISBN	978-0-679-77253-8
OCLC	34576637
Dewey Decimal	940.2/7 20
LC Class	D299 .H6 1996
Followed by	The Age of Capital: 1848–1875

Hobsbawm analysed the early 19th century, and indeed the whole process of modernisation thereafter, using what he calls the twin revolution thesis. This thesis recognised the dual importance of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution as midwives of modern European history, and – through the connections of colonialism and imperialism – world history.