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 Revolution, The Age of Empire, and The Jazz Scene. He died in 2012.
"Penetrating. . . . Offers a powerful interpretation of the
wellsprings of an age of unprecedently economic transformation,
mass slaughter and social upheaval. . . . Facts roll off Hobsbawm's
pages like thunderbolts." —The New Republic
"A magical re-creation of the most creative and destructive, the
most utopian and most doubt-ridden period of human history. . . . I
know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now
behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible
futures." —Robert Heilbroner
"Powerful. . . . A bracing and magisterial work." —The New
York Times Book Review
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
