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In this masterful and highly accessible study of our times, one of the world's leading historians sheds exciting new light on our understanding of the twentieth century, with incisive assessments of events that have marked this turbulent period.
Eric Hobsbawm, whose own life spans this century, deftly examines from both personal and scholarly perspectives such events as the great economic depression of the 1930s, the Cold War, the rise of military regimes, revolutionary changes in the arts, and technological advances in the sciences.
Divided into three parts - The Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950; The Golden Age, 1950-1973; and The Landslide, 1973-1991 - the book looks at the legacy of the two world wars, the end of colonialism and the growing importance of the Third World, as well as the collapse of the Soviet Union. Hobsbawm ponders the influence of the economic and social upheavals of the third quarter of the twentieth century, which, he states, brought about the "most profound revolution in society since the Stone Age." In conclusion, Hobsbawm looks to the next millennium, pointing up the dilemmas posed by a burgeoning population, destruction of the environment, and the growing economic disparity between rich and poor. Writes Hobsbawm, "Our world risks both explosion and implosion.
It must change." With an astonishing command of historical details and data, The Age of Extremes is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the cultural and social context in which we live.
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The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991
June 2001, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The age of extremes: a history of the world, 1914-1991
1998, Abacus
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The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991
February 13, 1996, Vintage
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Age of Extremes
November 1995, Little Brown and Company
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Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991
1994, Michael Joseph, Viking Penguin
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The age of extremes: a history of the world, 1914-1991
1994, Pantheon Books
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Age of extremes: the short twentieth century, 1914-1991
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"Lines of grey muttering faces, masked with fear, They leave their trenches, going over the top, While time ticks blank and busy on their wrists, And hope, with furtive eyes and grappling fists, Flounders in mud."
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