Lebensalltag in China

Journeys into the Past

by Christopher Falkus, Gila Falkus, Falko Spiller (Editor)

Genres: History

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

A graduate of University College, London, Christopher Falkus taught at the University of Queenland from 1965 until 1968. Upon his return to London he went into publishing, first as an editor for the British Publishing Corporation, then from 1970 with Weidenfeld, where he became joint managing director and devised the successful "Kings and Qeens" series. In 1980 he went to Associated Book Publishers, where he became chairman of the General Books Group, before returning to Weidenfeld prior to his retirement in 1992.

Reviews

[Prakash Yadav · Rating 5 out of 5]

A graphical insight into the history of China, this book was an excellent introduction to the essence of Chinese culture. It provides a much needed context into the journey of China. It's surprising how many educated Indian's can point out Scotland or California on the world map, but somewhat confused on where the much closer regions of Schichuan or Guangzhou are, or even the fact that Shaanxi and Sanxi are two different regions! Geography aside, the knowledge of history of China is deeply disturbing. I believe it could be a great example of how a ritualistic culture can grow to be counter productive to growth as the country. And then, even a bigger lesson in how this very same culture can turn tables and almost dominate the world economy. Much to be learned for me, for some very unfathomable reason I was never taught much about China beyond Confucius and paddy fields in Yunnan.
This book made me visit almost two millennia of Chinese culture without leaving my chair! I am very curious to Chinese history after 1912, for this book abruptly end at this point.