Home›Sources›Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)SourcesAge of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)Historiographical Study (Book)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextHistory Atlas. "Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://history.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hobsbawm-age-of-extremes-short-twentieth-century.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextHistory Atlas. (n.d.). Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://history.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hobsbawm-age-of-extremes-short-twentieth-centuryCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{historyatlas-age-of-extremes-the-short-twentieth-cent, author = {History Atlas}, title = {Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://history.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hobsbawm-age-of-extremes-short-twentieth-century}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationVerifiedThe concluding volume of Eric Hobsbawm's Age of trilogy, casting the twentieth century as a 'short' era running from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (5 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAuthorWell-attestedEric HobsbawmPublisherWell-attestedMichael JosephPublication YearWell-attested1994Source TypeWell-attestedAcademic MonographSourcesAge of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)Eric Hobsbawm, Michael Joseph, 1994Claims Backed By This Source (5 claims)This source backs 5 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Well-attested5SourcesAge of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991 (Hobsbawm, 1994)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year