What is the title of Hobsbawm's volume about the "short 20th century"?
The Age of Total War
The Age of Reform
The Age of Extremes
The Age of Conflict
Answer
"The Age of Extremes" by Eric Hobsbawm explores the tumultuous period of world history from 1914 to 1991. Hobsbawm argues that this era was characterized by unprecedented extremes in politics, economics, and culture, marked by major conflicts such as World Wars I and II and the Cold War.
The Intellectual Journey of Eric Hobsbawm: Unraveling the Legacy of a British Historian