History of East Asia: A Captivating Guide to the History of China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan

by Captivating History

If you want to discover the captivating history of East Asia, then keep reading...

Four captivating manuscripts in one
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Genres: History

424 pages, Paperback

Published September 12, 2020

Reviews

[Evelyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get that these are short primers and not intended as in-depth analyses but still, I found some of the writing astonishingly reductionist e.g., “Female infanticide was on the rise, as there were very few opportunities for women to become wage-earners”. At other times the writing resembled that of a high-school student struggling to meet the minimum word requirement of an assignment, e.g., “The equipment needed by the United States, who fought heavily in the war, was provided by the Japanese “Model J” corporation, which is a corporation whose employees are trained specifically for their jobs.” The book does give a good basic overview of the history of East Asia, but really… the writers could do better if they applied themselves more!

[Camilla · Rating 2 out of 5]

Listened to it on audible. Very long and factual. Interesting to hear about the different histories of East Asia but the writing style was boring and repetitive.
The narrator also makes frequent mistakes and mispronounces places and names which ruins it.

[Melvin Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting collection of books that basically just scratch the surface of the historical, social and political states of the four countries.

It's informative, but the book could use some editing. Some parts of the collection appear to be written by people who are not native English speakers. Nothing wrong with that but the mistakes can be a little distracting and take away from the other valuable information being imparted.

Also, there were portions of a single book that appear to have been written by two different people. The proper Asian convention with persons' names is the surname or family name first. So Kim Jong-Il's family name is Kim, not Jong-Il. Sometimes the proper convention was used, other times not.

That said, this collection of books was entertaining and interesting to read.

[Tomasz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short but still informative

There are few indications of thoughts which I believe that for the careful reader may point out certain reasons and directions of author thinking.

But still easy and smooth reading.

[Charlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful read! I learned so much! well written interesting book with concise information. I love this series

[Kryštof Kotyza · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book provides a decent overview of the historial events but it lacks going into depth. Good for some basic references.