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Thunder from the East, Portrait of a Rising Asia

Thunder from the East, Portrait of a Rising Asia

by Nicholas Kristoff  •  Sheryl WuDunn

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 377 PAGES

From the pens of a husband-and-wife team of Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondents for the "New York Times," comes a study of the changing face of Asia's economy and culture. It's an ambituous book, organized thematically with alternating chapters by Kristoff and WuDunn. The book combines interviews, newspaper-style profiles, statistics and anecdote.  (ASA24, $15.95)


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