From: Grant Callaghan (grantc4@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue 04 Mar 2003 - 15:49:54 GMT
MOTEL OF THE MYSTERIES, David Macaulay. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1979, for
those who are not yet familiar with this gem of a classic on the
interpretation of artifacts for which user knowledge is no
longer available.
Cheers,
Lawry
Let me recommend to you once more Johnathan Spence's book, Treason by the
Book, in which he details how the Ching Dynasty emperor, YongZheng, in the
1720s, countered the memes of rebellion by writing a book that examined the
claims of the rebels and refuted their assertions, then having the book
published throughout the empire. It's one of the best studies of Chinese
culture and a thin slice of history that I've ever read. Just as
interesting, perhaps, is the fact that Spence did most of his research in
Taipei, Taiwan using the artifacts that Chiang Kaishek brought over with him
when he fled the mainland in 1949. Highly recommended.
Grant
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