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Ancient China
- A Captivating Guide to the Ancient History of China and the Chinese Civilization Starting from the Shang Dynasty to the Fall of the Han Dynasty
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
In this audiobook, you will be led on a journey through almost 2,000 years of Chinese history, showing you all the ups and downs of those ancient times, the sufferings and joys of the Chinese people, along with their greatest achievements and failures. Dynasties will change, people will be killed and born, art made and destroyed, but the Chinese civilization will prevail, rising from humble beginnings to an empire that at some points outshined any other in the world at that time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Ancient China
- By Joey on 05-31-20
- Ancient China
- A Captivating Guide to the Ancient History of China and the Chinese Civilization Starting from the Shang Dynasty to the Fall of the Han Dynasty
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Desmond Manny
Solid Overview/Guide
Reviewed: 08-15-22
This book accomplishes what it sets out to do, which is just list out all of the major comings and goings of Chinese dynasties from the ancient past.
It is not a super comprehensive guide of all aspects of Chinese civilization (it's not trying to be) and does not dive super deep into all of the precise chain of events that lead to different political/cultural ebbs and flows. However, if you're looking to get into Chinese history, this is a solid starting point because with this Guide in hand, you have a decent foundation of the general timeline of Chinese civilization, and can deep dive into particular points in Chinese history with some context.
There is not much of a story format here (again, probably not trying to be). First half of the book feels very much like the "geopolitics" section, where it's just a run down of ancient dynasties through Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period into Han Dynasty and whatnot. AFTER that, the second half dives a bit more into the history of Chinese culture, philosophy, technology, etc. Realistically, the philosophy & technology played a pivotal role in the geopolitics of the ancient dynasties, but this book doesn't realy intermix the different sections that it has laid out.
This is very much a formal "Let's run through geopolitics, then culture with philosophy and technology." listing of things that happened. But again, a solid guide to start with to give you context on Chinese history before diving into more specific time periods/aspects of Chinese Civilization.
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The Classical Economists
- By: Dr. E.G. West
- Narrated by: Louis Rukeyser
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 165
The classical economists pioneered a new way of thinking about the uniquely human tendency to produce, trade, consume, and accumulate. Adam Smith (1723-1790) explained how the division of labor expands productive power and argued for freedom in economic affairs. David Ricardo (1772-1823), a London stockbroker, developed the concept of diminishing returns, the wages-fund doctrine, and classical rent theory.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Solid overview
- By Yousuf on 06-12-07
- The Classical Economists
- By: Dr. E.G. West
- Narrated by: Louis Rukeyser
Solid historiography reads well
Reviewed: 06-28-20
Narration was solid. Characterization was great.
I would have appreciated more succinct summaries after first hand quotes/statistical citations.
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