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9780679730057

The Age of Extremes A History of the World, 1914-1991

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679730057

  • ISBN10:

    0679730052

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-02-13
  • Publisher: Vintage

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Summary

Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950, the Golden Age, 1950-1973, and the Landslide, 1973-1991, Hobsbawm marshals a vast array of data into a volume of unparalleled inclusiveness, vibrancy, and insight, a work that ranks with his classics The Age of Empire and The Age of Revolution. Includes 32 pages of photos.

Author Biography

Born in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was educated in Austria, Germany, and England.  He was Emeritus Professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London, and Emeritus Universtiy Professor of politics and socity at the New School for Social Research.  He is the author of more than fourteen books, including The Age of Capital, The Age of Revolution, The Age of Empire, and The Jazz Scene. He died in 2012.

Table of Contents

Illustrations
vii
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
The Century: A Bird's Eye View 1(20)
PART ONE: THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE
The Age of Total War
21(33)
The World Revolution
54(31)
Into the Economic Abyss
85(24)
The Fall of Liberalism
109(33)
Against the Common Enemy
142(36)
The Arts 1914--45
178(21)
End of Empires
199(26)
PART TWO: THE GOLDEN AGE
Cold War
225(32)
The Golden Years
257(30)
The Social Revolution 1945--1990
287(33)
Cultural Revolution
320(24)
The Third World
344(28)
``Real Socialism''
372(31)
PART THREE: THE LANDSLIDE
The Crisis Decades
403(30)
Third World and Revolution
433(28)
End of Socialism
461(39)
The Avant-garde Dies---The Arts After 1950
500(22)
Sorcerers and Apprentices---The Natural Sciences
522(36)
Towards the Millennium
558(29)
References 587(24)
Further Reading 611(4)
Index 615

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