Synopses & Reviews
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.
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 -- áReal 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.