The age of Extremes : : a History of the World, 1914-1991
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Century of Catastrophe!
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In a vivid chronicle bristling with unorthodox views and fresh insights, British historian Hobsbawm divides the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914–1950, the Golden Age, 1950–1973, and the Landslide, 1973–1991. 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.
PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, 1995.
Year Published: 1995
Description: 627 p.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0394585755 :
SUBJECTS
History, Modern -- 20th century.