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Alan Macfarlane

Forfatter af The Empire of Tea

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Alan Macfarlane is currently Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

Værker af Alan Macfarlane

The Empire of Tea (2004) 212 eksemplarer
Japan Through the Looking Glass (2007) 94 eksemplarer
The Glass Bathyscaphe: How Glass Changed the World (2002) — Forfatter — 67 eksemplarer
Glass: A World History (2002) 63 eksemplarer
Breve til Lily (2005) 38 eksemplarer
The Culture of Capitalism (1987) 31 eksemplarer
The Justice and the Mare's Ale (1981) 17 eksemplarer
The Savage Wars of Peace (1997) 15 eksemplarer
The Invention of the Modern World (2014) 9 eksemplarer
Reflections on Cambridge (2009) 7 eksemplarer
English Historical Records (2008) 1 eksemplar
On Individualism (1998) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Technological Innovation as an Evolutionary Process (2000) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
And We in Dreams (2019) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver1 eksemplar

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An average read that didn't manage to enlighten me on Japan in any way. Everything seemed to go in circles and only touch on the surface of many issues with constant comparisons to Britain for some reason. Alan Booth's travel books are a far better way for readers to acquaint themselves with this fascinating country.
 
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MerkabaZA | 1 anden anmeldelse | Jun 12, 2017 |
This is an interesting and readable introduction, but nothing more. Iris, the co-author's, memoirs of growing up in an Indian tea "garden" are more interesting than the rest of the book. I think of books like this as "history lite," interesting anecdotes, major figures, not much analysis of how it fits into larger historical context.
 
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kaitanya64 | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 3, 2017 |
Barely a 3 ... maybe 2.5 for "ambivalent"? There are bits and pieces of interesting story here, but it is rather dull throughout. Edit this down to what is interesting and it would take 50 pages.

Overall: Dull and not worth much time.
 
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deldevries | 4 andre anmeldelser | Jan 31, 2016 |
chiefly about the ideas of one of the most influential intellectuals of Meiji Japan
 
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antiquary | Aug 14, 2013 |

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