00913nam a2200157   450000500170000000800410001702000180005803700120007604000130008808400080010110000190010924500320012826000310016030000580019152005060024920260105154249.0260105b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780349105987  cTextual  aRTlcRTL  qRTL  aHobsbawm, Eric  aThe age of empire 1875-1914  aLondonbAbacus Booksc1994  a404 p. bIncludes bibliographical reference and index  aIn this third volume of his four-volume history of the modern world, as it has been produced by the development and expansion of the West, Eric Hobsbawm combines vast erudition with a graceful prose style to re-create the epoch that laid the basis for the twentieth century. “Though written by a professional historian,” Hobsbawm writes of his own work, “[it] is addressed not to other academics, but to all who wish to understand the world and who believe history is important for this purpose.