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Asian Trips - Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan

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Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 950
EAN: 9780924171918
ISBN: 092417191X
Label: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 148
Publication Date: 2001-10
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
Studio: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication

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Summary: lots of detail and emotion in this book...a great read
Comment: this book on mongolia, is worth it..it takes the reader on a trip to one of the most beautiful countries around...there are lots of detailed information on the culture, people, and lots more..it will give you a education..pick this one up

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Summary: A slim book with LOTS of heart...
Comment: Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan is a lovely book, in four parts,with lots of color pictures. The first part called, 'My Mongolia', tells about Mongolia, the people, places and their history up to the 1900s. The second part, titled 'The Twentieth Century: From Domination to Democracy', tells the story of Mongolia under the China and, later, Russia's control. The third chapter is called 'Deel, Ger and Altar: Continuity and Charge in Mongolian Material Culture' which shows us the changes in what the people used, lived in and wore (sometimes based on what they had and sometimes based on what they were ALLOWED to have). The last part is called 'Genghis Khan, Father of Mongolian Democracy' and shows that, while Mongolians did not have Democracy under Khan, they did have many democratic principles even before Genghis Khan showed up. Under the Khan many of this ideas (rule by law, equality of citizens, participatory government and human rights) were made more powerful by the fact that he united them and made them independent from outside powers. Genghis Khan is a Founding Father ANY nation could be proud of. AT least he had all his teeth and didn't wear a white wig!
The book itself was written by four authors who used a mixture of fact and first person accounts to make a book that you can tell they all enjoyed making. The only thing missing is a copy of the Mongolian constitution. But I did like the beginning of the preamble which they showed in the book:

"We the people of Mongolia...." Always a good start!

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