Description
This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume history of the modern world, along with The Age of Capitalism, The Age of Empire, and The Age of Extremes.
Author: Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/26/1996
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.11w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780679772538
ISBN10: 0679772537
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | General
- History | Modern | 18th Century
- History | Modern | 19th Century
Author: Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/26/1996
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.11w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780679772538
ISBN10: 0679772537
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | General
- History | Modern | 18th Century
- History | Modern | 19th Century
About the Author
Born in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was educated in Austria, Germany, and England. He was Emeritus Professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London, and Emeritus Universtiy Professor of politics and socity at the New School for Social Research. He is the author of more than fourteen books, including The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, The Age of Extremes, and The Jazz Scene. He died in 2012.