Dividing the century into the age of catastrophe, 19141950, the golden age, 19501973, and the landslide, 19731991, 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. Age of extremes is broadly chronological, but does not offer a narrative of events, instead tackling broad themes in nineteen largely selfcontained chapters. The age of capital was originally the second part of a trilogy, flanked by the age of revolution. The age of empire the politics of democracy workers of the world waving flags. After reading age of extremes, kremlinologist robert conquest concluded that hobsbawm suffers from a massive reality denial regarding the ussr, and john gray, though praising his work on the nineteenth century, has described hobsbawm s writings on the post1914 period as banal in the extreme. Read online an age of extremes and download an age of extremes book full in pdf formats. The short twentieth century, 19141991 is a book by eric hobsbawm, published in 1994. World wars, the cold war, and the fall of berlin wall. It is difficult to imagine that anyone other than hobsbawm could have approached much less achieved. In the short century between 1914 and 1991, the world has been convulsed by two. In the short century between 1914 and 1991, the world has been convulsed by two global. However, there are yet many people who also dont gone reading. The short twentieth century 19141991, by eric hobsbawm that is sold in this globe. Part of eric hobsbawms epic fourvolume history of the modern world, along with the age of capitalism, the age of empire, and the age of extremes.
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