Confucius Lives Next Door - Hardcover

Reid, T.R.

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ISBN 10: 0679456244 ISBN 13: 9780679456247

Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

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Book by Reid TR

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Draws on his five years in Japan as The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief to examine the Asian way of life, discussing the intriguing cultural differences, the impact of Confucian values, and the role of East Asia in the future. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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heard T. R. Reid's weekly commentary on National Public Radio or read his far-flung reporting in National Geographic or  The Washington Post know him to be trenchant, funny, and cutting-edge, but also erudite and deeply grounded in whatever subject he's discussing. In Confucius Lives Next Door he brings all these attributes to the fore as he examines why Japan, China, Taiwan, and other East Asian countries enjoy the low crime rates, stable families, excellent education, and civil harmony that remain so elusive in the West. Reid, who has spent twenty-five years studying Asia and was for five years The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau chief, uses his family's experience overseas--including mishaps and misapprehensions--to look at Asia's "social miracle" and its origin in the ethical values outlined by the Chinese sage Confucius 2,500 years ago.
        
When Reid, his wife, and their three chi

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• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0679456244
• ISBN 13: 9780679456247
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276