The Age of Empire, Eric Hobsbawm
The Age of Empire, Eric Hobsbawm
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The Age of Empire
1875-1914

Author: Eric Hobsbawm

Narrator: Hugh Kermode

Unabridged: 16 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/21/2020

Synopsis

Erica Hobsbawm discusses the evolution of European economics, politics, arts, sciences, and cultural life from the height of the industrial revolution to the First World War. Hobsbawm combines vast erudition with a graceful prose style to re-create the epoch that laid the basis for the twentieth century.

About Eric Hobsbawm

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 society 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lamia

الجزء الثالث والذي يتحدث عن ما قبل الحرب العالمية الأولى وشكل العالم وقتها والأسباب التي أدت للحرب بعد فترة مستقرة ونهضة علمية وتقدم اقتصادي عاشها العالم الأوروبي في نهاية القرن التاسع عشر وبداية القرن العشرين، أحببت هذا الجزء أكثر من الجزئين السابقة.......more

Goodreads review by George

It is the first book of this series I laid hand on, and to be honest I was expecting it differently. It didn't really present all the major historical events in a timeline, but took for granted the reader’s familiarity with them and proceeded with deep diving in the context. It is though an excellen......more

Goodreads review by Chris

Wow! I've just finished Hobsbawm's survey of the major historical, political, economic, and cultural developments of the nineteenth century, of which this is the third volume. It was well worth it. This is history that engages you and has something interesting to say. I think this was the best of the......more

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