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Budz888 | Jun 1, 2008 |

the necessary intro to the subject, looks less and less dated (

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experimentalis | Jan 3, 2008 |

A pretty good social examination of the history of the world since WWI. (

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derekstaff | Oct 22, 2007 |

A decade on and its still one of the best histories of the 20th century. (

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iftyzaidi | Sep 18, 2007 |

The great Marxist historian on his own age.

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Series (with order)

Hobsbawm's Histories (book 4)

Canonical Title

The Age of Extremes

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1994

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20th century

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Deutscher Memorial Prize (1995)

Lionel Gelber Prize (1995)

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Full title (1994 UK edition): Age of extremes : the short twentieth century, 1914-1991 / Eric Hobsbawm; full title (1994 US edition): The age of extremes : a history of the world, 1914-1991 / Eric Hobsbawm

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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. Includes 32 pages of photos.

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