The Age of Empire: 1875–1914
| Author | Eric Hobsbawm |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Reinhold Thiele (photographer) |
| Subject | History |
| Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Publication date | 1987 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 404 |
| ISBN | 978-0-394-56319-0 |
| Preceded by | The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 |
| Followed by | The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991 |
The Age of Empire: 1875–1914 is a book by the British historian Eric Hobsbawm, published in 1987. It is the third in a trilogy of books about "the long 19th century" (coined by Hobsbawm), preceded by The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848 and The Age of Capital: 1848–1875. A fourth book, The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914–1991, acts as a sequel to the trilogy.