A review by welkinvault
Civilization: The West and the Rest, by Niall Ferguson
informative
medium-paced
1.5
I bet the author is fascinating if you meet him in person, his digressions and diversions can be very interesting - but there were times it was truly irriating in the book when you really wanted him to get back to the point.
His ideology did not appeal to me, this was a very pro British colonisation, pro Capitalist point of view. And he completely ignored situations or even countries that did not fit his sweeping generalisations (especially his epilogue - India is the complete opposite of this claims, yet was only mentioned, not discussed).
This is only about 15 years old, yet felt dated.
His ideology did not appeal to me, this was a very pro British colonisation, pro Capitalist point of view. And he completely ignored situations or even countries that did not fit his sweeping generalisations (especially his epilogue - India is the complete opposite of this claims, yet was only mentioned, not discussed).
This is only about 15 years old, yet felt dated.