Average customer rating:
- An important book in the genre
- Good Book
- Story full of adventures one after another.
- Story full of adventures one after another.
- You Can Never Go Home!
|
Pocho
Jose Antonio Villarreal
Manufacturer: Anchor
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| 18th Century
| 19th Century
| 20th Century
| African American
| Asian American
| Classics
| Collections & Readers
| Drama
| General
| Hispanic
| History & Criticism
| Humor
| Jewish American
| Letters & Correspondence
| Native American
| Poetry
| Short Stories
| Women Writers
Contemporary
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Similar Items:
-
...y no se lo tragó la tierra / ...And the Earth Did Not Devour Him
-
Barrio Boy
-
Rain God
-
The Revolt of the Cockroach People
-
So Far from God: A Novel
ASIN: 0385061188
Release Date: 1970-11-04 |
Book Description
Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans -- whatever their past.
Customer Reviews:
An important book in the genre.......2006-12-12
Pocho is supposed to be one of the first novels to purposefully address the issue of Mexican-American identity as part of the Chicano movement. It's form is rough, unperfected. The point of view and style are inconsistent. It is, nevertheless, a good read. The characters are interesting and compelling. A reader cares about what happens to them. Readers come to care about the issues of race, class, and sexuality as they are addressed in the narrative. This is an important book about identity.
Good Book.......2002-05-29
This is a good book because many people can relate to the story in one way or another. The book shows the struggles that not just Mexican American people, but all other people who have been born in the U.S. by immigrant parents,have been through. Being Mexican American seems like it's always harder just as Richard witnessed as he was growing up. The reason I feel this is true is because if one is mixed with American they have to please the Americans as well as their family backrground. This is why Richard believed that he was American as he was growing up, but he wouldn't discriminate any other ethnic background. All this changed when he was older becasue he started noticing the discrimination against him and his people because now he was associating himself as Mexican.
Story full of adventures one after another........1998-06-04
This book takes you back in time to the era of Pancho Villa and Pachucos. Its a great way for Mexican Americans to find about their history and the past. Its mainly about the struggle a boy goes through to fit in with the prejudice "Anglos"but he does not want to forget his Mexican roots . Also another major conflict his father's manhood and Machismo. It always got in the way of things and had a drastic affect on him.
Story full of adventures one after another........1998-06-04
This book takes you back in time to the era of Pancho Villa and Pachucos. Its a great way for Mexican Americans to find about their history and the past. Its mainly about the struggle a boy goes through to fit in with the prejudice "Anglos"but he does not want to forget his Mexican roots . Also another major conflict his father's manhood and Machismo. It always got in the way of things and had a drastic affect on him.
You Can Never Go Home!.......1997-03-28
This is a wonderful story of an immigrant family from Mexico. The father has the hopes of one day returning to the Mexico of his past, but with each passing day in his new land his dream of returning fades away. As the family grows up and changes the realities of Life show that you can never return to your past or in other words "You can never go Home."
Average customer rating:
|
Hurricanes and Carnivals: Essays by Chicanos, Pochos, Pachucos, Mexicanos, and Expatriates
Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Classics
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Essays
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Classics
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0816526257 |
Book Description
“In Mexico,” writes Ilan Stavans in the introduction to this provocative new collection on Mexican culture and politics, “ [the essay] is embraced as passionately as a sport.” While the American essay may be personal and confessional or erudite and academic, it is presumed to be truthful. By contrast, the Mexican essay pushes the boundaries between fact and fiction as writers seek to make their opinions heard—in literary journals, in newspapers, and even on cereal boxes. “What is real and what isn't in a Mexican essay, only God knows,” concludes Stavans.In Hurricanes and Carnivals, Lee Gutkind, a pioneer in the teaching of creative nonfiction, brings together fifteen essays by Mexican, Mexican American, and Latin American writers that push the boundaries of style and form, showing that navigating “truth” is anything but clear-cut. Although creative nonfiction is widely thought to be an American art form, this collection proves otherwise. By blending fact and fiction, story and fantasy, history and mythology, these writers and others push the bounds of the essay to present a vision of Mexico rarely seen from this side of the border.Addressing topics that include immigration, politics, ecology, violence, family, and sexuality, they take literary license on a whirlwind adventure. C. M. Mayo shows us Mexico City as seen through the eyes of her pug, Picadou; Juan Villoro examines modern Mexico through the lens of demography; Homero Aridjis uses the plight of nesting sea turtles to document a slowly changing Mexican attitude toward natural resources; and Sam Quinones documents the decline of beauty-queen addiction in Mazatlán and tells us about the flower festivals where, according to lore, only two things matter: hurricanes and carnivals. For readers interested in a literary view of contemporary Mexico, as well as students of the creative nonfiction genre, this volume is essential.
Average customer rating:
|
"The Book of Contemporary Conga Techniques"
Hector Pocho Neciosup , and
Jose Rosa
Manufacturer: Outskirts Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Music
| Entertainment
| Subjects
| Books
Instruction & Study
| Theory, Composition & Performance
| Music
| Entertainment
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Education
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 1432704400
Release Date: 2007-04-02 |
Product Description
"The Book of Contemporary Conga Techniques" reveals secrets to develop contemporary conga drumming. The book covers from the most basic conga patterns until intermediate/advance patterns. Includes CD (Registration required) By Mail.
Book Description
"This book demonstrates the richness of the interethnic mosaic characterizing the Valley of South Texas. . . . By giving voice to local residents, Professor Richardson has amassed a valuable stock of knowledge concerning life along the Texas-Mexican border that is sorely missing in the extant literature." --Rogelio Saenz, Professor and Head of Sociology, Texas A&M University "The Valley of South Texas," a recent joke goes, "is a great place to live. It's so close to the United States." Culturally, this borderland region is both Mexican and Anglo-American, and its people span the full spectrum, from a minority who wish to remain insulated within strictly Anglo or Mexican communities and traditions to a majority who daily negotiate both worlds. This fascinating book offers the fullest portrait currently available of the people of the South Texas borderlands. An outgrowth of the Borderlife Research Project conducted at the University of Texas-Pan American, it uses the voices of several hundred Valley residents, backed by the findings of sociological surveys, to describe the lives of migrant farm workers, colonia residents, undocumented domestic servants, maquila workers, and Mexican street children. Likewise, it explores race and ethnic relations among Mexican Americans, permanent Anglo residents, "Winter Texans," Blacks, and Mexican immigrants. From this firsthand material, the book vividly reveals how social class, race, and ethnicity have interacted to form a unique border culture.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting book, but lacks engaging analysis.......2001-12-29
This book is a bit of a puzzle. I'm not sure if its purpose is to go beyond mere description in dealing with the "batos, bolillos, pochos and pelados" of its title. The author does do a good job of decribing the various socioeconomic relationships that exist within and between various population groups in the Rio Grande. He does this with the aid of various interviews and surveys performed by the Borderlife Project at UT-Pan Am. There are excellent summaries of the data from these surveys, and some attempt is made at explaining some of the results. But the whole book is too shallow to function as a critical work, and I'm not sure if it was the author's intent to leave the analysis at a minimum or not. (I know it would have made for a larger book). An example: the book designates "Anglo" as one of the cultural/socioeconomic groups in the Valley, and yet nothing in the book really examines what the term might mean or refer to. When Mexican immigrants were surveyed and interviewed for the Borderlife project, were they using "Anglo" in the same senses? Is there a difference between "Anglo" and "White" or do the two terms refer to the same thing? These questions are never cleared up, even though a proper analysis of the surveys would seem to require just this kind of clarification. This seems to me a critical failing of the book. Another salient failing is the fact that the book doesn't account for the fact that not all immigrants or people of Hispanic origin in the Valley are Mexican. Many are from Latin American countries other than Mexico. Richardson makes no effort to discuss the differences in culture and socioeconomic status between these groups (e.g., Nicaraguans, Colombians) and the other groups (Mexicans, Anglos, etc.), even though he does spend some time discussing a black population that is arguably less important. There are many more examples like this, but the point is that the book fails to engage in any serious analysis of the interview and survey materials. This is disappointing, especially considering the high quality of the student-led interviews.
Real Life On the Border of South Texas.......1999-12-14
Many an anthropologist and sociologist has described SouthTexas borderlife along with all its cultural nuances, customs, and practices. Dr. Chad Richardson is the most recent social scientist to take on this challenging task and none has done it better. This book is filled with stories of cultural conflicts, clashes, and mutual cooperation among the various inhabitants of this historically significant and culturally rich region. The cultural confluences of this region are among the strongest and most potent of any multicultural mecca in the world. The region and its people play out the conflicts of two vastly important and different cultures, embedded in economic, power and class struggles for survival. Among the third world colonias, the numerous 'Winter Texan' gated-communities, and the exponential growth of 'macquiladoras,' can be heard the loud sucking sound of NAFTA accompanied by the cries of 'La LLorna.' The region and its people have never been so well documented. Dr. Richardson's observations are based on empirical studies and surveys, richly supported by ethnographic histories collected from archives and interviews with hundreds of families over several generations of Mexican, Mexican American and European Americans who have lived, worked, and invested together to make this region a powerful force for the future of America. This book tells the 'true' story of South Texas. Dr. Richarson doesn't hide anything. He tells it like it was, and how it continues to be, for an important, fast growing, often overlooked, underestimated, and often wrongly stereotyped, minority population. His science represents years of work. His product is most impressive, despite an unfortunate title.
Real Life On the Border of South Texas.......1999-12-14
Many an anthropologist and sociologist has described SouthTexas borderlife along with all its cultural nuances, customs, and practices. Dr. Chad Richardson is the most recent social scientist to take on this challenging task and none has done it better. This book is filled with stories of cultural conflicts, clashes, and mutual cooperation among the various inhabitants of this historically significant and culturally rich region. The cultural confluences of this region are among the strongest and most potent of any multicultural mecca in the world. The region and its people play out the conflicts of two vastly important and different cultures, embedded in economic, power and class struggles for survival. Among the third world colonias, the numerous 'Winter Texan' gated-communities, and the exponential growth of 'macquiladoras,' can be heard the loud sucking sound of NAFTA accompanied by the cries of 'La LLorna.' The region and its people have never been so well documented. Dr. Richardson's observations are based on empirical studies and surveys, richly supported by ethnographic histories collected from archives and interviews with hundreds of families over several generations of Mexican, Mexican American and European Americans who have lived, worked, and invested together to make this region a powerful force for the future of America. This book tells the 'true' story of South Texas. Dr. Richarson doesn't hide anything. He tells it like it was, and how it continues to be, for an important, fast growing, often overlooked, underestimated, and often wrongly stereotyped, minority population. His science represents years of work. His product is most impressive, despite an unfortunate title.
Average customer rating:
|
La teoría de "La dialéctica de la diferencia" en la novela chicana, de Ramón Saldívar: Un análisis metacrítico del texto (Serie Reflexión)
Justo S. Alarcón
Manufacturer: Editorial Orbis Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Hispanic
| History & Criticism
| United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Spanish
| Foreign Language Fiction
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Spanish
| Foreign Language Nonfiction
| Nonfiction
| Subjects
| Books
Historia
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
| Africa
| Antigua
| Asia
| Australia y Oceanía
| Ciencias Militares
| Estudios Históricos
| Europa
| Las Américas
| Medio Oriente
| Militar
| Mundial
| Rusia
Historia y Crítica
| Literatura y ficción
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
| Caribeña y Latino Americana
| Crítica y Teoría
| Europea
| Movimientos y Períodos
Hispánica
| Historia y Crítica
| Estados Unidos
| Literatura Mundial
| Literatura y ficción
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
No-Ficción
| Libros en español
| Formats
| Books
| Automotriz
| Ciencias Sociales
| Crimen y Criminales
| Educación
| Estudios de la Mujer
| Feriados
| Filosofía
| Gobierno
| Hechos Verídicos
| Planeamiento Urbano y Desarrollo
| Política
| Sucesos de Actualidad
| Transportación
ASIN: 9687472006 |
Average customer rating:
|
Pocho
Jose Antonio Villarreal
Manufacturer: Doubleday Anchor Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000IY2OCA |
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Contenido, published by Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V. on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 548 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: El dios Pochó: muere bailando.(celebraciones en el poblado de Tenosique, Tabasco)
Author: Elsa Estrada
Publication:
Contenido (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Editorial Contenido, S.A. de C.V.
Issue: 501
Page: 66(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Book Description
This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Edicional Siempre on February 5, 2003. The length of the article is 539 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
Citation Details
Title: Inglés de pocho: ¡qué vergüenza! (Bisturí).
Author: Guillermo García Oropeza
Publication:
Siempre! (Refereed)
Date: February 5, 2003
Publisher: Edicional Siempre
Volume: 49
Issue: 2590
Page: 40(2)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Book Description
The hair-raising rescue missions of a deep-sea salvage tug that saved hundreds of lives during two decades of service in the North Atlantic.
Customer Reviews:
A can't put down book.......2007-05-17
I think this is a great book, and would highly recommend it for anyone. And it is a must read for anyone that likes stories about boats and the ocean.
You won't believe it's the truth........2007-02-11
This is my favourite Mowatt! It's a shame more people don't know of this one. If you liked "The Perfect Storm" at all, then this story is for you. The life of a tug on the East coast of Canada, told by one of Canada's best story tellers. You can hear the wind, feel the weather and can only admire the ship and people who do the impossible with such regularity. There's the injustice of the 'owners' and the frailty of the 'casualties' and a good deal of humour to balance everthing out. A true story (mostly), it cronicles a time on the East coast and in Canada when the old world had to give way to the new and what we lost in moving forward. Wonderful.
Foundation Franklin: The Salvage Tug Sans Peur.......2005-12-24
As a sea officer, I learned about salvage tugs,the men who man them and the ships they've saved from stories told around the dinner table in the officers' saloon and in bars around the world. You just pray you and your ship will never have need of their services.
There are many deep-ocean tugs whose names are well known in the maritime community, but Foundation Franklin was the queen of her kind. In ten words or less, if you were in trouble and she got a line on you, chances were you'd make it home. From a seafarer, there is no higher praise.
Farley Mowat tells her story, from her owners acquiring her as Royal Navy surplus in 1919 until she was laid up for the last time, with loving attention to detail. He writes of her missions, from the comparatively mundane to the incredibly dangerous, in such a way that you feel the deck moving under your feet and the cold North Atlantic spray lashing your face. He puts you squarely in the middle of the action. True, the finer points will be best appreciated by those of us who make or have made our living on the deep blue, but the writing is so rich even landsmen and armchair sailors will understand and come to respect the intrepidity of the deep ocean salvage men. That's reason enough to read this book.
But more to the point, Mowat manages to convey to his readers the pride that sailors feel when some of their own pull off a difficult mission. He chronicles a little known and unappreciated chapter of the Second World War: the Merchant Mariners who faced the perils of U-Boats, bomber attacks and of course the ordinary hazards of foul weather sailing; and who, by getting the cargo through, enabled the armed forces to win the war against the Nazis. After reading the book, you will understand why we feel reassured by the knowledge that Foundation Franklin's bell still hangs in the offices of her salvage company - and that when they ring the bell to tell her successors that there is a ship out there in trouble and to get a move on, there are still brave men to answer her call.
Tug Salvage at its Best.......2003-01-26
This tale of the Foundation Franklin and her crew is a must read for any tugboat lover.
boring for the landsmen.......2002-12-06
The repitition of storms and salvage can be boring unless you have experienced the storm at sea or been savaged by weather. A warm and dry reader might not ever appreciate what the FOUNDATION FRANKLIN and her crew went through. The North Atlantic in winter is a death trap for any weakness in a vessel and this book pays tribute to those who time and time again risked their lives in salvage and rescue. A must read for anyone who knows the sea.
Product Description
Originally published as Le commerce extérieur du Japon des origines au XVIe siècle in 1988, this new edition of the landmark French study chronicles Japan's transformation from an importer of continental luxury items, raw materials, and techniques to an exporter of high-quality merchandise over nearly a millennium. The vicissitudes of foreign trade policy, as well as the volume and balance of trade, are examined within the context of regional political and economic developments. All aspects of state-sanctioned and unofficial external commerce are considered. Indeed, this volume reveals that proliferation of private foreign trade constituted a vital link between Japan and its neighbors throughout the suspension of diplomatic relations from the ninth to the fourteenth century. Evidence culled from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean annals and administrative compendia, archaeological excavations, classic literature, artifact collections, and monk and courtier diaries attests to the spectacular diversity of foreign trade goods and their significance in pre-Tokugawa Japanese society. Methodically revised, and featuring an updated, expanded bibliography and redesigned maps, as well as a précis on the state of the field since the original publication, the 2006 English edition is an indispensable resource for scholars and the teaching of premodern East Asian regional history.
Book Description
Queen Inos was badly shaken. Loyal, trustworthy Rap, who was supposed to have died, appeared to her. With this as a sign, Inos knew that she would serve her people, no matter what. But Rap was alive, and he would do whatever he could to help, even as his life took a turn for the worse....
Customer Reviews:
This is a great series!.......2007-04-16
This is book 3 of Dave Duncan's 4-book, "A Man of His Word", series. The characters are enjoyable, but the situations are even better! Read! A note of caution though, Don't read Mr. Duncan's sequel series, "A Handful of Men". It is simply terrible!
Third in a beautiful series of eight books.......2006-11-07
"Perilous Seas" is the third volume of "A Man of his Word" which itself is the first of two marvellous fantasy quartets.
The first quartet, "A man of his word" has titles taken from Keats' "Ode to a nightingale" and the titles perfectly match the themes of the books.
The lines which inspired the titles are as follows -
"The voice I hear this passing night was heard
In ancient days, by Emperor and Clown ....
... The same that oft-times hath
Charmed magic casements, opening on the foam
of perilous seas, in Faery lands forlorn"
The four books of this quartet are
The Magic Casement
Faery Lands Forlorn
Perilous Seas
Emperor and Clown
These four books tell one complete story and are best read in this order.
There is a sequel quartet, set 15 years later in the same universe, which is called "A handful of men" and has its titles taken from Masefield's poem, "Tomorrow." The four books in that story are
The Cutting Edge
Upland Outlaws
The Stricken Field
The Living God
All eight books are set in a world of Gods and Sorcerers, where magic abilities are conferred by the knowledge of words of power. The descriptions of magic powers and how they work are far more effectively and consistently thought through than in the typical fantasy novel, and as the hero and heroine travel through a strange and diverse world a picture both of that world and the serious threat which it faces gradualy takes shape.
At the start of "Perilous Seas", Inos, rightful Queen of Krasnegar, is in exile in the desert land of Zark, where the local sultan, Azak, is seeking her hand in marriage. Inos was told by a God when she was a child that she must "trust in love" and is wondering if this means Azak's love for her. Meanwhile the stableboy and her childhood friend, Rap, who was sent to the other side of the world from Inos by the Magic Casement, is in bondage as a galley slave. But he is still seeking to cross the world to rescue Inos and put her back on the throne. Can he reach her before she makes a terrible mistake ?
The original editions of the "A man of his word" quartet had beautiful covers painted by Don Maitz, and the books would almost have been worth buying for these covers if they had not also comprised a beautiful story
Book Three in A Man of His Word Series.......2004-05-13
Perilous Seas picks up right were Faery Lands Forlorn left us with Queen Inos still stuck in Zark, land of the Djinns, captive of the Sorceress Rasha. Inos is about to despair of ever escaping the sorceress and she still doesn't know if she should accept the Sultan Azak's marriage proposal or not. The gods told her long ago to trust in love - but what does that mean! Surely it must mean to trust in Azak's love for her, even though she doesn't love him, or does it? When Inos and Azak make a desperate bid for freedom, Inos drags her beloved Aunt Kade all across the desert in strange disguises. She will do anything to make it to the Imperor to plead her case for her beloved people in her shabby little kingdom of Krasnegar. Along the way, she is stunned to see Rap's image appear in the middle of the desert. Surely he must be a demon come to torment her for leaving him to die in the tower long ago. But how could Rap be that cruel...
Rap is anything but dead. After escaping the land of Faerie in a Jotunn boat, captained by Gathmore, Rap is all but imprisoned on the island of Durthing. He was bought as a slave to work on the boat, but earned his freedom, however, his gift of farsight makes him far too valuable to risk losing. When the vicious Jotunn raider, Kalkor, arrives on Durthing, he slaughters every man, woman and child he finds - but he takes Rap and Gathmore on board his ship. For the first time Rap gets to see what the power of multiple words turns a person into. Kalkor no longer has a heart and Rap wonders if he even has a soul left. Desperate to get to Inos and restore her to her throne, Rap finds himself playing a cat and mouse game with Kalkor, playing his magical powers off of Kalkor's. But even if Rap finds an opportunity to escape, how can he find Inos in time to stop her from making a terrible mistake?
Perilous Seas is the third book in A Man of His Word series by David Duncan and it is the weakest of the quartet, but it is still superbly written and I still loved most of the characters. It is true that Inos is kind of grating in this book and that I found myself rushing through her misadventures to get to the better story with Rap, but I like to think that Inos is growing as a character and getting to be more likeable. Still, it would be great if she dropped that whole I-am-a-princess-and-can't-believe-this-is-happening-to-me attitude. On the other hand, Rap is a great character who is still humble and completely oblivious to the fact that he doesn't live anything approaching a normal life anymore. Again, the host of secondary characters are superb and give additional life and sparkle to the third book of the series. I can't wait to see how it ends! If you like fantasy books that are just a bit different with clearly defined magical rules and different races set in an intriguing world, don't miss this set of 4 books!
Part 3 of a Man of his word.......2003-02-19
Dave Duncan is one of the best scifi/fantasy writers there are every story is original and fresh he builds characters you love to see succeed and vilans you can't wait to see die a horible death. This is the third book of one of the best series ever written; Rap the lost stable boy with slowly emerging magical powers wonders the world in search of his love and his queen, Inos. Facing pirates and worse he tries to reach a distant waste land to save Inos from a barbarian king.
Getting ever more ponderous..........2002-11-12
One of the problems with this series is that it has two protagonists, separated except for the male's love and devotion to the female, and that although I find the male protagonists' adventures rather interesting, I am expected to put up with the female's tiresome circumstances as well. By the end of this volume, which I finished reading back in '99, I was no longer interested in reading about "Queen Inos." Her sorry plight was an old cliche to begin with: can the high-born, well-bred princess overcome the "stuffiness" of her training to become a successful queen without losing her sense of humanity and connection with the masses? Puleeez!!! The answer is only of concern if we truly felt she was one of "the masses" (that includes US, the readers) to begin with. For this sort of thing, done in a real and thus more interesting setting, pull some volumes of Charles Dickens off the shelf. Books like these are what gives fantasy a bad name in the minds of many... There is no indication so far that ANY of this will resolve in a way that was worth devoting nearly 2,000 pages to! Although I suppose that I will eventually read the third book in the series, given enough time... no one should hold their breath waiting for my review of it. For those who actually enjoyed this series, I recommend the numerous series of David Eddings that dealt with the same sort of scenarios, but did it with a lot more gusto, humor, variety, and INTERESTING CHARACTERS! Still, it should surprise no one that the genre is dominated by formulaic adventures in which authors seem to be paid by the word. I would steer readers away from THIS Duncan series and back toward some of the better ones. To me it looks like Duncan is merely churning out more of the same. My tastes have turned toward the more humorous vein of fantasy. For ponderous outings like this, it is far better to read ACTUAL historical fiction where there is at least some educational benefit for the time that is spent. These sorts of formulaic meanderings are no longer of interest to me, or (I suspect) many fantasy readers who have already read the same sort of thing but in a different package (and probably, using far fewer words to relate the same content!!!)
Product Description
Originally published as Le commerce extérieur du Japon des origines au XVIe siècle in 1988, this new edition of the landmark French study chronicles Japan's transformation from an importer of continental luxury items, raw materials, and techniques to an exporter of high-quality merchandise over nearly a millennium. The vicissitudes of foreign trade policy, as well as the volume and balance of trade, are examined within the context of regional political and economic developments. All aspects of state-sanctioned and unofficial external commerce are considered. Indeed, this volume reveals that proliferation of private foreign trade constituted a vital link between Japan and its neighbors throughout the suspension of diplomatic relations from the ninth to the fourteenth century. Evidence culled from Japanese, Chinese, and Korean annals and administrative compendia, archaeological excavations, classic literature, artifact collections, and monk and courtier diaries attests to the spectacular diversity of foreign trade goods and their significance in pre-Tokugawa Japanese society. Methodically revised, and featuring an updated, expanded bibliography and redesigned maps, as well as a précis on the state of the field since the original publication, the 2006 English edition is an indispensable resource for scholars and the teaching of premodern East Asian regional history.
Average customer rating:
|
In Perilous Seas (Into Battle Series)
Robert Hughes
Manufacturer: Hyperion Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | World War II | Military | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0946771510 |
Average customer rating:
|
Of perilous seas,
E. Merrill Root
Manufacturer: Golden Quill Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
United States | World Literature | Literature & Fiction | Subjects | Books | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | African American | Asian American | Classics | Collections & Readers | Drama | General | Hispanic | History & Criticism | Humor | Jewish American | Letters & Correspondence | Native American | Poetry | Short Stories | Women Writers
ASIN: B0007EMZPC |
Books:
- Pronto
- Proust: Swann's Way (Landmarks of World Literature)
- Pysanky in the 21st Century
- Race to the Swift: Thoughts on Twenty-First Century Warfare
- Restoring Grace
- River Woman: A Novel
- Secret Lives Of The First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You About The Women of The White House
- St. James and Goldstein at Yale
- Story of the Walnut Tree
- Sweet Revenge
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- My Blue Heaven: Life and Politics in the Working-Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965
- History: Fiction or Science
- Coaching Youth Baseball: A Baffled Parents Guide
- Coyote Sky
- Edward Weston's California Landscapes
- History: Fiction or Science
- Fixed Point Theorems with Applications to Economics and Game Theory
- Key Art Terms for Beginners
- Baikal Sacred Sea of Siberia
- Blood in Our Boots
