How does Hobsbawm set out an explanation of the twentieth century in the first 2 chapters

Running head : AGE OF EXTREMES

Age of Extremes

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The paper evaluates the way Eric Hobsbawm presents his vision of the twentieth century in his book Age of Extremes . In the first two chapters of his book , Hobsbawm provides a brief overview of the major events and accomplishments that occurred between 1914 and 1991 , and the variety of effects they produced on the global society . According to Hobsbawm (1995 , the Twentieth Century was both the Age of Catastrophe and the time of

the extraordinary economic growth - a complex sandwich of events and accomplishments that changed the human society more profoundly than any other period of comparable brevity

Age of Extremes

The twentieth century was rich in events and outstanding personalities In his book Age of Extremes , Eric Hobsbawm provides an extensive review of what happened during the Twentieth Century and the impact of those events on human development . According to Hobsbawm , the Twentieth Century was both the Age of Catastrophe and the time of the extraordinary economic growth - a complex sandwich of events and developments that changed the human society more profoundly than any other period of comparable brevity (Hobsbawm , 1995

In the first two chapters of Age of Extremes , Eric Hobsbawm (1995 tries to evaluate the social and historic legacy of the Twentieth Century and creates a brief picture of the events and accomplishments that took place between 1914 and 1991 . The author is confident that human society cannot distance itself from...