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