num_pages: 627
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991
titlecomplete: The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914-1991
genres: 20th Century, Politics, Unfinished, European History, World History, Economics, War, Nonfiction, History, World War II
ratings_count: 6732
series: Modern History
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Lionel Gelber Prize, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Leipzig Book Award
category: European Understanding
publisher: Peter Smith Pub Inc