Fractured Times
culture and society in the twentieth century
$39.89
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
10 March 2014
Summary
Fractured Times: A Century of Cultural Upheaval Unraveled
Born in Vienna, at the heart of a vibrant yet fading bourgeois Europe, Eric Hobsbawm witnessed an era of profound social and artistic transformation. In Fractured Times, he masterfully dissects the cultural fragmentation and dissolution of the 20th century.
Hobsbawm explores the forces that shaped the belle époque’s cultural explosion while simultaneously planting the seeds of its demise—from paternalistic ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349139098 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349139091 |
| Author: | Eric Hobsbawm |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 10 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 125mm x 23mm |
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Eric Hobsbawm wrote with extraordinary wit, grace and power, qualities evident in this posthumously published collection
Reveals on every page [Hobsbawm’s] characteristic boldness of interpretation, astonishing range and versatility * Fractured Times * Eric Hobsbawm wrote with extraordinary wit, grace and power, qualities evident in this posthumously published collection – Richard J Evans * Guardian *
About The Author
Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm was a Fellow of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Before retirement he taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, and after retirement at the New School for Social Research in New York. His previous books include The Age of Extremes, The Age of Revolution and The Age of Empire. He died at the age of ninety-five in October 2012.
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