The Age of Extremes



Rising Affluence Of Young People During The Post War Golden Age

Introduction

The book that was published here in 1994 in Britain, and shortly thereafter, the United States under the title Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991. He was soon to be published in all major languages ??of culture International except one. It has indeed been translated into German, Spanish and Portuguese (European and American editions), Italian, Chinese (Taiwan, but also in mainland China), Japanese and Arabic. A Russian edition is in preparation.

The book "The Age of extremes: The short twentieth century (1914-1991)" always gets all the catalogs of books on world history. The key to this phenomenal success is simple: British scientist has created a detailed and original overview of the most important phenomena and processes characteristic of world society in the period between 1914 and 1991. In doing so he not only summed up the facts, but also tried to fit them into a system of historical synthesis, recreating the spirit of the times (Rowse, 1995).

The main issues on which Hobsbawm focuses - the offensive all-out war, the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, the decline of liberalism and the arrival of dictatorships, the union of the anti-fascist forces during the Second World War, decolonization and the end of empires, the "golden era" of post-war period, the rise and subsequent economic crises the development of third world countries, the emergence and collapse of the socialist system. Separate chapters are devoted to the cultural revolution, science and art.

The Age of Extremes

According to Hobsbawm(1995) and Sandbroom(2005), In relation to the post war golden age social revolution and affluent society, the objective of this summary is to interpreting how the global expansions has rising affluence of young people and its implication for spending patterns.

All over Europe ...