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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
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Its significance lies in that the political dynamics and collective psychology behind such a ridiculous incident can still be observed and applied to the current Chinese society. It's sad that not much has changed in the last several hundreds of years.
challenging
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mysterious
slow-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Well, this book was written by a professor who taught at Harvard, and it's really, really evident. I think this is one of the driest books I've ever read, which is a real shame, because once I dragged myself all the way through it, I was able to let the information ferment and mull it over, and it's a super interesting topic. I'd only recommend this particular book for serious academics though.
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A goddamn masterclass of a history book: lucid, wonderfully organized with integrated historical context, beautiful primary sourcing, clear interpretive delimitation, and a wonderfully sharply-argued theorizing at the end.
The relatively obscure core story is magnificently used to explore the structure and tensions of the Chinese monarchical bureaucracy, whose thoroughness serves both as theme and detailed source.
You are given a wonderful, fully-realized landscape of a moment and place in time that never overstays its welcome in minutiae or lacks something interesting to say. I cannot overstate the greatness of this book and am picking up every other piece of work by Kuhn
The relatively obscure core story is magnificently used to explore the structure and tensions of the Chinese monarchical bureaucracy, whose thoroughness serves both as theme and detailed source.
You are given a wonderful, fully-realized landscape of a moment and place in time that never overstays its welcome in minutiae or lacks something interesting to say. I cannot overstate the greatness of this book and am picking up every other piece of work by Kuhn