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Stackhouse, Jack

Out of Poverty and into something more comfortable

2000

29.14 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
2000
Place of printing
[Toronto]. Random House
Author
Stackhouse, Jack
Keyword
Travel - General Signed
Languages
English

Description

8vo [23.5 x 15.5 cm]; xiii, 366 pp, many photos, maps. original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj [not price clipped], fine and clean, signed by the author on the title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Canadian journalist Stackhouse spent many years travelling through over 40 countries in Asia and Africa, to remote villages and districts, travelling with Somali warlords, visiting subsistence farmers in northern India, dining with prime ministers, parties with Jakarta millionaires, being part of riots, through Mali, in the cotton fields of along the Niger, describing conditions and life, emerging democracies, free markets, small local banks run by women, etc, and takes an optimistic view that things can improve.

Edizione: first canadian edition.