Born in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm was Emeritus Professor of history at Birbeck College, University of London, and Emeritus Universtiy Professor of politics and society at the New School for Social Research. His books include The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, The Age of Extremes, and The Jazz Scene.
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This magisterial volume follows the death of ancient traditions, the triumph of new classes, and the emergence of new technologies, sciences, and ideologies, with vast intellectual daring and aphoristic elegance. Part of Eric Hobsbawm's epic four-volume h... SEE MORE