Amy Chua
Autore di Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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Amy Chua is a professor at Yale Law School and lectures frequently on the effects of gloabalization to government, business, and academic groups around the world. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Her title Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. mostra altro (Publisher Fact Sheets) Amy Chua was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1962. She received an A.B. in economics from Harvard College in 1984 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1987, where she was an executive editor of the Harvard Law Review. Before becoming a professor at Duke Law School, she was a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton. She is currently the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2003. Her other works include Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance-and Why They Fall and Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. In 2014 she had a new book on the New York Times bestseller list, The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Larry D. Moore
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Chua, Amy
- Data di nascita
- 1962-10-26
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Champaign, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Berkeley, California, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA - Istruzione
- Harvard University (A.B. ∙ Economics ∙ 1984) (J.D. ∙ 1987)
- Attività lavorative
- professor (Yale Law School)
lawyer
writer - Relazioni
- Chua, Leon O. (father)
Rubenfeld, Jed (husband) - Organizzazioni
- Yale University
- Agente
- Tina Bennett
- Breve biografia
- Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two Samoyeds in New Haven, Connecticut. [from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (2011)]
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Al Sullivan is a detective in 1944 Berkeley investigating the murder of a presidential candidate at an up market hotel. In 1930 a girl was tragically killed in the laundry chute at that hotel and the two cases appear to be linked.
There was A LOT going on here - racism, sexism, mental illness, the exploitation of minors, spying, Chinese gangs, lesbians, Communists, union activists, monks, world politics, pages and pages of information about Berkeley and San Francisco. It just went on too long and I got tired of everyone lying to Al. On the plus side, Al was a great character and his niece Miriam very endearing.… (altro)
There was A LOT going on here - racism, sexism, mental illness, the exploitation of minors, spying, Chinese gangs, lesbians, Communists, union activists, monks, world politics, pages and pages of information about Berkeley and San Francisco. It just went on too long and I got tired of everyone lying to Al. On the plus side, Al was a great character and his niece Miriam very endearing.… (altro)
Enjoyed the characters and the historical aspects, but did not like the mystery. Won't go into details as they would be spoilers! I liked Chua's writing style and her character development.
There was plenty of the predictable stuff in here about the Trump insanity, fake news and all that, but there was also some enlightening discourse on the antics of the far left. Chua explains how humans are built to fall into the trap of tribalism and shows that we must always be on our guard against it, in ourselves most importantly.
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- Opere
- 8
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 3,226
- Popolarità
- #7,936
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 173
- ISBN
- 89
- Lingue
- 15
- Preferito da
- 3
I read the book in a day appalled and fascinated in equal measure at this true story of an American mother of Chinese ethnicity bringing up her children the Chinese way: no sleepovers, no drama clubs, and no down-time in front of the TV. Schoolwork, perfecting their Mandarin and music practice dominated her children’s out-of-school time…… If her children were forced to work hard, Chua herself had a punishing schedule fitting her demanding job in with the demands she placed on her children.
Glad I read it, even if it exhausted me.… (altro)