The age of extremes : the short twentieth century 1914-1991 /
Eric Hobsbawm.
- Great Britain : Abacus, c1994.
- xii, 627 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. b&w ; 20 cm.
Includes index.
The century: a bird's eye view -- Pt. 1. The age of catastrophe -- Ch. 1. The age of total war -- Ch. 2. The world revolution -- Ch. 3. Into the economic abyss -- Ch. 4. The fall of liberalism -- Ch. 5. Against the common enemy -- Ch. 6. The arts 1914-45 -- Ch. 7. End of empires -- Pt. 2. The golden age -- Ch. 8. Cold War -- Ch. 9 The golden years -- Ch. 10. The social revolution 1945-1990 -- Ch. 11. Cultural revolution -- Ch. 12. The third world -- Ch. 13. "Real socialism" -- Pt. 3. The landslide -- Ch. 14. The crisis decades -- Ch. 15. Third world and revolution -- Ch. 16. End of socialism -- Ch. 17. The avant-garde dies - The arts after 1950 -- Ch. 18. Sorcerers and apprentices - The natural sciences -- Ch. 19. Towards the millennium.
"The age of extremes" is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive and creative nature of the troubled twentieth century and makes challenging predictions for the future.