Эми Чуа

Why do Jews win so many Nobel Prizes and Pulitzer Prizes? Why are Mormons running the business and finance sectors? Why do the children of even impoverished and poorly educated Chinese immigrants excel so remarkably at school? It may be taboo to say it, but some cultural groups starkly outperform others. The bestselling husband and wife team Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an...

Профессор Юридической школы при Йельском университете Эми Чуа - автор книг ?Мир в огне: как экспорт демократии свободного рынка породил этническую ненависть и глобальную нестабильность? (World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability) и ?День империи: как сверх-державы строили мировое господство и почему они пали? (Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Ris...

""Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" is the book we've all been waiting for - a candid, provocative, poignant and vicarious journey through the Chinese- American family culture. It will leave you breathless with its bluntness and emotion. Amy Chua is a Tiger Mother, a greatly gifted law professor and, ultimately, an honest, loving woman with a lot to say." -Tom Brokaw "This is one outrageou...

Это история о матери, двух её дочерях и двух собаках. Она также о Моцарте и Мендельсоне, о фортепиано и скрипке и о том, как мы попали в Карнеги-холл. Предполагалось, что это будет рассказ о том, что китайские родители в воспитании детей преуспели больше, чем западные. Но вместо этого он о жестоком столкновении культур, о вкусе мимолётной славы и о том, как меня посрамила тринадцатилетняя девочка.

Updated with a new postscript by Amy Chua and a letter from her eldest daughter, Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-...

In this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires—or hyperpowers—rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history—from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the...

In their provocative new book, Chua (Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) and Rubenfeld (The Interpretation of Murder)—Yale Law professors and spouses—show why certain groups in the U.S. perform better than others. According to the authors, three traits breed success: a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control. Only when this ‘Triple Package’ comes together does it ‘generate drive, grit, a...

Amy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post-Cold War globalising world. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations can turn ugly and violent. Chua shows how free markets have concentrated disproportionate, often spectacular wealth in the hands of resented ethnic minorities - 'market-dominant minorities'. Addin...

Why do Jews win so many Nobel Prizes and Pulitzer Prizes? Why are Mormons running the business and finance sectors? Why do the children of even impoverished and poorly educated Chinese immigrants excel so remarkably at school? It may be taboo to say it, but some cultural groups starkly outperform others. The bestselling husband and wife team Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, an...

Профессор Юридической школы при Йельском университете Эми Чуа - автор книг ?Мир в огне: как экспорт демократии свободного рынка породил этническую ненависть и глобальную нестабильность? (World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability) и ?День империи: как сверх-державы строили мировое господство и почему они пали? (Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Ris...

""Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" is the book we've all been waiting for - a candid, provocative, poignant and vicarious journey through the Chinese- American family culture. It will leave you breathless with its bluntness and emotion. Amy Chua is a Tiger Mother, a greatly gifted law professor and, ultimately, an honest, loving woman with a lot to say." -Tom Brokaw "This is one outrageou...

Это история о матери, двух её дочерях и двух собаках. Она также о Моцарте и Мендельсоне, о фортепиано и скрипке и о том, как мы попали в Карнеги-холл. Предполагалось, что это будет рассказ о том, что китайские родители в воспитании детей преуспели больше, чем западные. Но вместо этого он о жестоком столкновении культур, о вкусе мимолётной славы и о том, как меня посрамила тринадцатилетняя девочка.

Updated with a new postscript by Amy Chua and a letter from her eldest daughter, Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-...