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Tom Miller (1) (1947–2022)

Autore di The Panama Hat Trail

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Opere di Tom Miller

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The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics (2009) — Collaboratore — 37 copie

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Informazioni generali

Data di nascita
1947-08-11
Data di morte
2022-12-19
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di nascita
Washington, D.C., USA
Luogo di morte
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Luogo di residenza
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Istruzione
The College of Wooster (1969)
Attività lavorative
Journalist
Travel Writer

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One of the few books I've found about Ecuador...the book is nominally about the manufacture and distribution of Panama hats, but more a window to the Ecuadorean culture and people. And you get a description of what cuy (guinea pig) actually tastes like. And a chapter about Bemelmans--who wrote a travel book (The Donkey Inside), a kids' book (Quito Express), and a novel (Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep)taking place in Ecuador.
 
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giovannaz63 | 4 altre recensioni | Jan 18, 2021 |
This book examines the largest migration in human history and considers the future of China's cities when by 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people - one in every eight people on earth.
 
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Sinofile | 1 altra recensione | Dec 7, 2019 |
Will China's cities be paved with gold or pockmarked with slums?

In 2012 China will hit a development milestone: For the first time, half of the country's 1.3 billion citizens will live in urban areas. An additional 350 million future city dwellers are still completing the journey from farm to city, showcasing the story of China's economic transformation over the past 30 years. The vast changes necessary to stage this large-scale rural-to-urban migration dictate many personal destinies but also decide the future of China's model of growth.

Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book is the first to provide a full and colourful account of all economic and social issues raised by urbanization, and suggests how they may be resolved. How China urbanizes, and how this is financed, will decide whether Chinas' current economic model continues, stalls, or fails.

Arguing that China's urbanization process is at a critical stage, this extraordinary book presents multiple case studies from existing megacities like Beijing to future ones like Wuhan and Chongqing as well as gripping and insightful interviews
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ZedBooks | 1 altra recensione | Jun 7, 2012 |
Éste es el primero libro que termino de leer en español. Es interesante leer acerca de las actitudes, métodos, y razones diferentes de aprender inglés, que es mi idioma materno. Aún las actitudes hacía el español como idioma materno difieren entre las historias de este libro, lo que para mí fue interesante.

Hay muchas experiencias contadas aqui por diferentes personas - experiencias buenas y malas - y es muy probable que si estás aprendiendo (o si ya has aprendido mucho de) un idioma extranjero - podrás relacionarte a muchas de ellas.

Leí «Como aprendí ingles» mientras estuve en Perú de vacaciones, así que una de las partes que me gustó y que me hizo sonreír fue escrita por el hijo de Mario Vargas Llosa (Alvaro), quien había estudiado en Gran Bretaña. Escribió: «Cuando llegue a la escuela, la primera pregunta que se me hizo - a través de un intérprete - fue si había coches en Perú. Respondí que preferíamos UFOs para evitar la congestión.»

Si hubiera «Como aprendí ingles 2» o «Como aprendí español» (o italiano, chino, u otra idioma), yo no dudaría en leerlo, porque sé que hay muchísimas personas que han tenido experiencias únicas e interesantes aprendiendo idiomas extranjeros.
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xandreax | 3 altre recensioni | Mar 16, 2012 |

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Opere
11
Opere correlate
1
Utenti
471
Popolarità
#52,267
Voto
½ 3.6
Recensioni
14
ISBN
109
Lingue
4

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