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100	1		_92770 _aHobsbawm, E. J. _d1917-2012 _q(Eric J.),
245	1	4	_aThe age of extremes : _bthe short twentieth century 1914-1991 / _cEric Hobsbawm.
260			_aGreat Britain : _bAbacus, _cc1994.
300			_axii, 627 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill. b&w ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_a"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.
650		0	_92771 _aHistory, Modern _y20th century
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