Description

Category:History- ReferenceWorld HistoryWorld History-Whi
Publisher: Abacus Uk | ISBN: 9780349105987 | Pages: 424

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.

About the Author

Eric Hobsbawn is a fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he taught until retirement at Birkbeck College, University of London, and since then at the New York School for Social Reseach in New York.