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Wally
is on page 120 of 368
Chapter 10 is short, but packed with gems on colonial economics and uses a wonderful comparison of the rum trade to the oil markets. Additionally, my copy of this book has an editor error on page 118 that reads, “in what was almost almost a replay of the medieval Hundred Years War” - not sure what word the second almost was intended to be…
— Nov 02, 2021 09:05AM
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Wally
is on page 271 of 368
My printed copy of this book is missing page 270…
It’s not ripped out or torn - the book was clearly just printed without a page!!! This has never happened to me before, and it’s a pretty wild sensation. The missing page is right at the end of a chapter too, so the page just before the missing one cuts off in the middle of a thought with no conclusion. :(
If anyone reads this & has a copy, please let me know!
— Dec 10, 2021 07:53AM
It’s not ripped out or torn - the book was clearly just printed without a page!!! This has never happened to me before, and it’s a pretty wild sensation. The missing page is right at the end of a chapter too, so the page just before the missing one cuts off in the middle of a thought with no conclusion. :(
If anyone reads this & has a copy, please let me know!
Wally
is on page 198 of 368
One passage in this chapter that struck me was this quote from an old Bostonian poem that reads:
“That the Rich may riot in luxury and the Poor laborer toil on with cold water!”
— Nov 30, 2021 10:13AM
“That the Rich may riot in luxury and the Poor laborer toil on with cold water!”
Wally
is on page 42 of 368
I really like Ian William’s assertion on pg. 42 that, “taste is a cultural artifact”.
— Oct 12, 2021 09:24AM
