Long nineteenth century
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The long nineteenth century is a term for the 125-year period beginning with the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and ending with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was coined by the Soviet
Trial of Louis XVI before the National Convention in December 1792. The former king is standing at right, wearing blue.
The Wealth of England, the Bessemer Process of Making Steel (William Holt Yates Titcomb, 1895)
Sun Yat-sen announcing the Chinese Republic at the Xiao Mausoleum, 1912
The Age of Extremes
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The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 is a book by Eric Hobsbawm, published in 1994. In it, Hobsbawm comments on what he sees as the disastrous failures of state socialism, capit
Long nineteenth century
…which concluded in 1918 with the long-enduring European power balance of the 19th century proper (1801–1900) realigned. In a sequel to this trilogy, The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 (1994), Hobsbawm details the "short 20th century" (a concept originally proposed by Iván T. Berend), beginning with World War I and ending with the…
The Age of Extremes