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The Era of Extremes—1914~1991 Eric HobsbawmHistorical578k WordsCompleted "The Age of Extremes: 1914-1991" is the fourth part of Hobsbawm's "Era Tetralogy". The era of extremes, the "short 20th century" as defined by Hobsbawm, is like a triptych, or, in other words, like a historical sandwich. From the outbreak of World War I in 1914 to the end of World War II, it was a period of great disaster. What followed was a period of 25 to 30 years during which the economy grew extremely prosperously and society underwent major changes. The changes brought about by the light i 58Reads9.2Score—Shelves