gabesteller's review against another edition
4.0
Shit something I liked about these books is I felt like Howbsbawm is so good at breaking down a lot of complex stuff clearly and concisely and afterwords I feel like I've got a this great handle on the period and I feel all satisfied and smart and stuff. But shit I read this like 5 months ago and I remember so little. at least I underlined some stuff.
Anyway whatever, Fuckin totally rocked while I was reading it tho
Anyway whatever, Fuckin totally rocked while I was reading it tho
frankied1's review against another edition
5.0
excellent mix of marxist analysis, art, literature, warfare and culture
messagefromthedeep's review against another edition
5.0
Wenn man sich die Geschichte als Gemälde mit Figuren vorstellt, wobei die Figuren die wichtigen Ereignisse sind, so werden im Schulunterricht und wie es scheint in den allermeisten Diskursen lediglich die wichtigsten Portraits grob skizziert und oft schlichtweg verzerrt. Hobsbawm gibt uns stattdessen den Hintergrund des Werks und die Gegenstände auf der Leinwand der Geschichte, also die wirtschaftlichen und ideologischen Entwicklungen in dem Wissen, dass diese die allererste Voraussetzung für ein richtiges Verständnis der Periode sind. So werden auch die Risse sichtbar, die sich später zu den so riesigen wie verklärten Abgründen des 20. Jahrhunderts auftun sollten.
blueyorkie's review against another edition
4.0
We can appreciate The Age of Empire as the culmination of a set of events that intertwine in time and space covered by either this one or all of Hobsbawm's other works. Therefore, it is pertinent to carry out a detailed study to verify the continuity of the story that the author defends so much. Broadly, the author demonstrates clarity of ideas in the construction of the past and impressive factitious precision, which insistently inebriates the reading of any of his works, encouraging and stimulating the study of the present chronology.
jsanderson's review against another edition
4.0
If you're up for a great deal of dense history, this is the book. I really enjoyed all three volumes of Hobsbawm's history of the world. Thank you, Mark Bixby.