Age of extremes - Eric Hobsbawm
the short twentieth century 1914-1991
KORTE INHOUD
THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of the troubled twentieth century and makes challenging predicitions for the future.
The book is divided into three main sections; The Age of Catastrophe, The Golden Age and The Landslide.
"Eric Hobsbawm's nineteenth-century trilogy is one of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades."
(James Joll, The New York Review)
"This is history writing grand in ambition, excellently and wittily written... its sheer synoptic power and eloquence will make this book a classic." (Neil Anderson, Observer)
"A superbly rich and erudite portrait of a society which was evolving rapidly under a variety of pressures - economic, technological and political."
(Douglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement)
The book is divided into three main sections; The Age of Catastrophe, The Golden Age and The Landslide.
"Eric Hobsbawm's nineteenth-century trilogy is one of the great achievements of historical writing in recent decades."
(James Joll, The New York Review)
"This is history writing grand in ambition, excellently and wittily written... its sheer synoptic power and eloquence will make this book a classic." (Neil Anderson, Observer)
"A superbly rich and erudite portrait of a society which was evolving rapidly under a variety of pressures - economic, technological and political."
(Douglas Johnson, Times Literary Supplement)
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