The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991 [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Hobsbawm, Eric

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ISBN 10: 0679730052 ISBN 13: 9780679730057

Casa editrice: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1996

Riassunto

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.

In the short century between 1914 and 1991, the world has been convulsed by two global wars that swept away millions of lives and entire systems of government. Communism became a messianic faith and then collapsed ignominiously.  Peasants became city dwellers, housewives became workers—and, increasingly leaders.  Populations became literate even as new technologies threatened to make print obsolete.  And the driving forces of history swung from Europe to its former colonies.

Includes 32 pages of photos.

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679730052
• ISBN 13: 9780679730057
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 672
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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