Jonathan Kaufman
Autor/a de The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China
Obres de Jonathan Kaufman
Obres associades
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 514 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1956-04-18
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Educació
- Yale College
Harvard University
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 4
- També de
- 2
- Membres
- 384
- Popularitat
- #62,948
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 3
- ISBN
- 17
- Llengües
- 2
I confess that straight ahead biography is not my favorite thing to read. A linear narrative - this happened, then this happened, then that happened - is not something I respond to. It feels like a textbook. I suspect readers who like traditional biography are likely to enjoy Kaufman' style more than I did. I missed having more context. I wish Kaufman had talked more about what was going on in China while the Sassons and Khadooris were building their empires before the final few pages. Its so important to understanding what brought the families down. He spends a lot of time stressing how pivotal was the choice to not criticize China even when it was killing them and their love for Chinese art and generosity to their Chinese servants (all important things), but doesn't talk much about how their choice to fiddle while Shanghai starved might have led to the virulence of the attacks on the family. I don't think the story can be understood without that, but again, maybe that is just me. Still super worthwhile reading.… (més)