Reaction
The history has been received well in a number of places. One review brought forth this comment from Orville Schell,
- "...a stunning accomplishment in which, by recounting individual lives of members of his own clan, Mr. Ching brings to life the last nine centuries of Chinese history and culture as almost no other work in the English language has done".
And from John K. Fairbank's analysis of the work we have the following comments,
- " Ancestors is one of the most interesting clan studies thus far. Its graphic picture of how the old ruling class functioned makes it of value to historians as well as to the general reader."
Read more about this topic: Ancestors: 900 Years In The Life Of A Chinese Family
Other articles related to "reaction, reactions":
... (or neutralisation, see spelling differences) is a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base react to form a salt ... with Arrhenius acids and bases always produce water where acid–alkali reactions produce water and a metal salt ... Often, neutralization reactions are exothermic (the enthalpy of neutralization) ...
... graduate student named Anatoly Zhabotinsky rediscovered this reaction sequence however, the results of these men's work were still not widely disseminated, and were ... These reactions, if carried out in petri dishes, result in the formation first of colored spots ... The reaction can also be performed in a beaker using a magnetic stirrer ...
... The Williamson reaction often competes with the base-catalyzed elimination of the alkylating agent, and the nature of the leaving group as well as the ... When the nucleophile is an aroxide ion, the Williamson reaction can also compete with alkylation on the ring since the aroxide is an ambident nucleophile ...
Famous quotes containing the word reaction:
“Christianity was only a very strong and singularly well-timed Salvation Army movement that happened to receive help from an unusual and highly dramatic incident. It was a Puritan reaction in an age when, no doubt, a Puritan reaction was much wanted; but like all sudden violent reactions, it soon wanted reacting against.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“Sole and self-commanded works,
Fears not undermining days,
Grows by decays,
And, by the famous might that lurks
In reaction and recoil,
Makes flames to freeze, and ice to boil.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally gifted or adventurous can leave to seek his fortune elsewhere. In America, on the other hand, to move on and make a fresh start somewhere else is still the normal reaction to dissatisfaction and failure.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)