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The Age Of Empire

1875-1914

Eric Hobsbawm author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:1st Feb '89

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Hobsbawm's classic history, repackaged as an Abacus History Great

The splendid finale to Eric Hobsbawm's study of the nineteenth century, THE AGE OF EMPIRE covers the area of Western Imperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to the outbreak of World War One- and shaped modern society.

Magnificent * The GUARDIAN *
A superb achievment, incisive, illuminating and readable * Sunday TIMES *
A superbly rich and erudite portrait of a society which was evolving rapidly under a avriety of pressures - economic, technological and political * TLS *
Hobsbawm is a master historian * INDEPENDENT *

ISBN: 9780349105987

Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 42mm

Weight: 315g

448 pages