Sunday, January 04, 2004
BOOK RECOMMENDATION:
Empire of the Steppes by Grousset. A highly readable and classic work of scholarship from a time before niche specialization in academia created professors who knew more and more about less and less.
Grousset, originally publishing in 1939, mastered linguistics, history, ethnology and religion and wrote with a richness of detail and insight of a region that usually remains a blank spot for most Westerners. ¶ 1:50 PM
Empire of the Steppes by Grousset. A highly readable and classic work of scholarship from a time before niche specialization in academia created professors who knew more and more about less and less.
Grousset, originally publishing in 1939, mastered linguistics, history, ethnology and religion and wrote with a richness of detail and insight of a region that usually remains a blank spot for most Westerners. ¶ 1:50 PM
