# The Beginnings of Decline

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- Book: [The Beginnings of Decline](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-hobsbawm/the-beginnings-of-decline) ([The Beginnings of Decline.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-hobsbawm/the-beginnings-of-decline.md))
- Authors: [Eric Hobsbawm](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-hobsbawm)
- Publisher: pelican
- ISBN: 978-02-4187-190-4
- Pages: 100
- Published: 2027-05-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Every great power believes it will last forever. Victorian Britain built the world's railways, financed global trade, and ruled a quarter of the map. Yet, during London's financial peak, British industry stalled. Eric Hobsbawm charts this decline, showing how a nation of pioneers became an empire of rentiers.