Inilah buku pamungkas dalam seri Kartun Riwayat Peradaban karya kartunis Larry Gonick. Kisah dunia modern, dari Revolusi Prancis sampai perang mewa...
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Jan 31, 2010
Bruce
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I love Gonick's "Cartoon History" series, and with this latest one, I have sadly completed the cycle... well, not really, since now I am enjoying starting over again reading them with my children. The art and humor make this compressed history more approachable, but don't be misled into thinking that these are juvenile works. They are exhaustively-researched scholarly offerings, complete with annotated bibliographies, footnotes, and sidebars. Just not dry.
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Jan 15, 2010
Book
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2 From The Bastille to Baghdad by Larry Gonick
This book is the final book in a long running series of cartoon histories by Larry Gonick. I remember reading the first one when I was in high school. They made history very entertaining. The cartoons drawn by Larry Gonick did not leave out the juicy parts of history; intrigue, thievery, murder, affairs, and human foibles that were not often in the high school textbooks. The More...
This book is the final book in a long running series of cartoon histories by Larry Gonick. I remember reading the first one when I was in high school. They made history very entertaining. The cartoons drawn by Larry Gonick did not leave out the juicy parts of history; intrigue, thievery, murder, affairs, and human foibles that were not often in the high school textbooks. The More...
Nov 10, 2009
Gphatty
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I'm rather sad the series is ending already. In fact, my only real complaint about this book is that "the ending" -- getting up to modern day -- feels a bit rushed, and more U.S.-centric than I would have liked.
Still, the first half does a fine job of meshing historical perspectives from around the world, and putting them in context of one another -- something I appreciated. I didn't anticipate yet another take on what happens during the Age of Revolution and the Industrial Era More...
Still, the first half does a fine job of meshing historical perspectives from around the world, and putting them in context of one another -- something I appreciated. I didn't anticipate yet another take on what happens during the Age of Revolution and the Industrial Era More...
Mar 24, 2010
Wayne
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All of Gonick's books are fine reads. He just breaks down history or any other subject. He must have a dozen in print right now. I flew through this one faster than any of the other history ones, maybe it was thinner, I'll have to see. I believe that unless he lives another 100 years we'll never see any more historical ones from him, but this one was overall satisfying. The first one in this series was better.
Jan 11, 2010
Christopher
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The Cartoon History is finally complete!
I love this series and think it makes great reference material. That said, I think this is one of the weakest links in the series. I can't really think why, maybe just that compressing down the last 200 years of history just feels too rushed.
Still, I'm so happy to have the whole set now!
I love this series and think it makes great reference material. That said, I think this is one of the weakest links in the series. I can't really think why, maybe just that compressing down the last 200 years of history just feels too rushed.
Still, I'm so happy to have the whole set now!
Sep 26, 2009
Lionel
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Very nice wrap up to a long running series. Gonick is great at synthesizing a large amount of source material, making connections that gave me different points of views on bits of history I thought I knew and introducing me to lots of bits I didn't know. This volume takes us from the late 1700s up through the Iraq War.
Feb 17, 2010
Neil
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Gonick's cartoon histories have been a welcome diversion for years now, and I feel a little sad to have finished them off. These are solid, compact world histories. I always learn things reading them, but with a dash of Gonick's cheeky humor thrown in to keep things entertaining. I haven't enjoyed his treatment of other subjects quite as well as his histories, but maybe he'll take on some more specific historical subjects. I highly recommend this series to anyone looking to fill in their gaps in
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Aug 13, 2010
Indah "Threez"
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Setelah bertahun-tahun ditunggu, akhirnya terbit juga jilid kedua dari Kartun Riwayat Peradaban Modern. Begitu melihat buku ini di display Gramedia Plangi kemarin, langsung sikat deh. Sayang, ini jilid terakhir...
Nov 27, 2010
Edna
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Once again, political humorist Larry Gonick has presented a comic style history summarization that is appealing to teens who may find history boring and confusing.
Sep 26, 2010
Jeki
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This last edition has made me so sad...
Feeling so guilty about what I am doing to my lovely earth...
But still, Mr. Gonick is the cleverest cartoonist I ever heard!
Feeling so guilty about what I am doing to my lovely earth...
But still, Mr. Gonick is the cleverest cartoonist I ever heard!
Nov 10, 2010
Valissa
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rather disappointing, he really the rushed the ending, although after 30 years I suppose I understand. still, this section of history I actually know enough to get in trouble and I really hoped for some clarity to the whole thing.
His Nixon was HI-LARIOUS.
I will greatly miss his history books, the best thing to happen to social studies.
His Nixon was HI-LARIOUS.
I will greatly miss his history books, the best thing to happen to social studies.
Dec 27, 2009
Ram
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Amazingly enough, my college essays would have been much improved if I had read this book as a teenager. Fuck!
Jan 11, 2010
John
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An astounding work of art and scholarship. Not to mention humor. And insight, yeah, don't forget insight.
Jun 19, 2011
Steven
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If you've never read Larry Gonick's other works (Cartoon History of the Universe, Computers, Genetics, etc.), do yourself a favor and pick one up. A perfect combination of insight, humor, and hard fact presented in a way that makes it ever so much fun.
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