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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 509.2 EAN: 9780060884598 ISBN: 0060884592 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2008-05-01 Publisher: Harper Release Date: 2008-05-06 Studio: Harper
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Man Who Loved China Comment: I love reading about China. This book began well and intrigued me, but it soon lost its intrigue. It seemed to flatten out and never redeemed itself. I am a glad that I read it, however I found it only average. Customer Rating: Summary: Man Who Loved China Comment: Interesting material but Winchester does not altogether succeed in bringing his subject to life. The travels in China during the Second World War are the best part of the book. Customer Rating: Summary: From one who knew China Comment: This is one of the best book's I have read from both a Political and socialogical point of view, his observations of primarily the center-land were were most informative and candid as well as written in a style that makes very easy reading. Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderfully enlightening. Comment: what a great person to learn about and be remembers for his vision, commitment, and integrity. we need more like him today Customer Rating: Summary: "In a nutshell...." Comment: There is little point in being redundant by parroting all of the complimentary remarks regarding this well-written book. It suffices to say, it is a "must read" work by those interested in China, especially those who are drawn to the history of science. There is only one additional point regarding the sixteenth century watershed that needs to be given some consideration: Agricultural advancements in the introduction of then-new foodstuffs (such as yams) into the diets of peoples throughout the world that better enabled them to survive and, in turn, develop their cultural and physical resources more thoroughly. This advancement certainly fueled the worldwide rise in human population which countered to some degree the effects of recurrent endemic setbacks. Once the yoke of survival had been lightened, people found themselves in more encouraging circumstances in which to better direct their creative energy into constructive pursuits that eventually gave birth to a multitude of revolutionary changes.
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