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The age of extremes : a history of the world, 1914-1991 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, [1996]
Edition:1st Vintage Books ed.
Subjects:
History, Modern > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Cold War
  • The golden years
  • The social revolution 1945-1990
  • Cultural revolution
  • The third world
  • RÌ€eal socialism'
  • The crisis decades
  • Third world and revolution
  • End of socialism
  • The avant-garde dies - the arts after 1950
  • Sorcerers and apprentices - the natural sciences
  • Towards the millennium.