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The Age Of Empire

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14th June 2004

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780349105987

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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.

Reviews

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