Age of extremes : the short twentieth century 1914-1991
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Age of extremes : the short twentieth century 1914-1991
- Jaar:
- 1995
- Onderwerp:
- 20ste eeuw
History, Modern - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London : Joseph, 1995
- Plaatsnummer:
- GUISL.VDB 920.32 (Museum Dr. Guislain)
- ISBN:
- 0718133072
- Paginering:
- XII, 627 p.
- Editie:
- 9th impr.
- Samenvatting:
- Part 1 The age of catastrophe: total wars; the world revolution; into the economic abyss; the fall of liberalism; against the common enemy - the 1930s and 1940s; the arts 1914-45; the end of empires. Part 2 The golden age: the Cold War; the golden years; social revolution; cultural revolution; the Third World; real socialism. Part 3 The landslide: the crisis decades; the Third World and revolution; the fall of socialism; the avant-garde dies; sorcerers and apprentices - science; a millennium dies.
- Nota:
- Hobsbawm has written a history based on his wide personal experience - he was born in the year of the Russian revolution and was in Berlin when Hitler was appointed Chancellor - and from the point of view of a believer in reason, science and the potential improvement of the human situation.
- Permalink:
- https://www.cageweb.be/catalog/cgw01:000853147
