Matthew White (1)
Autore di The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities
Per altri autori con il nome Matthew White, vedi la pagina di disambiguazione.
1 opera 283 membri 7 recensioni
Opere di Matthew White
Etichette
2011 (2)
2012 (2)
atrocities (8)
atrocitology (1)
body counts (1)
consultazione (7)
Copertina rigida (2)
crimini di guerra (7)
D4-1 (1)
da leggere (26)
disastri (2)
Dittatore (2)
generale (3)
Genocidio (4)
Guerra (10)
kindle (2)
Militare (9)
Mondo (3)
Morte (4)
new 2012-13 (1)
non letto (2)
original-in-english (1)
Politica (5)
posseduto (3)
Purple - Culture 05 (1)
Religione (4)
Saggio (2)
Saggistica (23)
Schiavismo (2)
Storia (44)
storia americana (4)
Storia antica (5)
storia britannica (4)
storia cinese (4)
Storia dell'uomo (15)
Storia della Francia (4)
Storia di Roma (4)
Storia militare (5)
storia moderna (4)
Violenza (2)
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
Utenti
Discussioni
The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities in History: On learning from and writing history (Dicembre 2011)
Recensioni
The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The… di Matthew White
I expected to be utterly depressed throughout my reading of this fascinating trip down Atrocity Lane, but instead I found myself enthralled by the history being presented to me and the different way it was being presented. Though the sordid history of humanity is quite the cautionary tale in how we fail to treat each other in the ways in which we wish them to treat us, from slavery to warfare to acts of genocide to politically and racially induced famines, "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" is far from boring or dry. There is an energy and an excitement in the writing of Mr. White; he prevents the subject matter from being bogged down by just statistics. In short, he refutes to habit of historians in labeling the hundreds of millions of deaths discussed in this book as "mere" statistics. Enjoy, if it is possible to enjoy reading about the deaths of 460 million people, then "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" makes it possible.… (altro)
1
Segnalato
ThothJ | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 4, 2015 | I expected to be utterly depressed throughout my reading of this fascinating trip down Atrocity Lane, but instead I found myself enthralled by the history being presented to me and the different way it was being presented. Though the sordid history of humanity is quite the cautionary tale in how we fail to treat each other in the ways in which we wish them to treat us, from slavery to warfare to acts of genocide to politically and racially induced famines, "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" is far from boring or dry. There is an energy and an excitement in the writing of Mr. White; he prevents the subject matter from being bogged down by just statistics. In short, he refutes to habit of historians in labeling the hundreds of millions of deaths discussed in this book as "mere" statistics. Enjoy, if it is possible to enjoy reading about the deaths of 460 million people, then "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" makes it possible.… (altro)
Segnalato
ThothJ | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 3, 2015 | I expected to be utterly depressed throughout my reading of this fascinating trip down Atrocity Lane, but instead I found myself enthralled by the history being presented to me and the different way it was being presented. Though the sordid history of humanity is quite the cautionary tale in how we fail to treat each other in the ways in which we wish them to treat us, from slavery to warfare to acts of genocide to politically and racially induced famines, "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" is far from boring or dry. There is an energy and an excitement in the writing of Mr. White; he prevents the subject matter from being bogged down by just statistics. In short, he refutes to habit of historians in labeling the hundreds of millions of deaths discussed in this book as "mere" statistics. Enjoy, if it is possible to enjoy reading about the deaths of 460 million people, then "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" makes it possible.… (altro)
Segnalato
ThothJ | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 3, 2015 | I expected to be utterly depressed throughout my reading of this fascinating trip down Atrocity Lane, but instead I found myself enthralled by the history being presented to me and the different way it was being presented. Though the sordid history of humanity is quite the cautionary tale in how we fail to treat each other in the ways in which we wish them to treat us, from slavery to warfare to acts of genocide to politically and racially induced famines, "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" is far from boring or dry. There is an energy and an excitement in the writing of Mr. White; he prevents the subject matter from being bogged down by just statistics. In short, he refutes to habit of historians in labeling the hundreds of millions of deaths discussed in this book as "mere" statistics. Enjoy, if it is possible to enjoy reading about the deaths of 460 million people, then "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things" makes it possible.… (altro)
Segnalato
ThothJ | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 3, 2015 | Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 283
- Popolarità
- #82,295
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 36
- Lingue
- 3