The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991 - Hardcover

The Age of Extremes. A History of the World, 1914-1991.

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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Gut. XII; 627 S.; Illustr.; 24 cm. Gutes Ex.; Umschl. gering berieben. - Englisch. - 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 colo-nialism 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." (Verlagstext) // INHALT : Illustrations --- Preface and Acknowledgements --- The Century: A Bird's Eye View --- PART ONE: THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE --- The Age of Total War --- The World Revolution --- Into the Economic Abyss --- The Fall of Liberalism --- Against the Common Enemy --- The Arts 1914-1945 --- End of Empires --- PART TWO: THE GOLDEN AGE --- Cold War --- The Golden Years --- The Social Revolution 1945-1990 --- Cultural Revolution --- The Third World --- 'Real Socialism' --- (u.a.) ISBN 0394585755 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200 Originalhalbleinen mit Schutzumschlag. Artikel-Nr. 1122518

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