Reviews

The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 2: From the Bastille to Baghdad by Larry Gonick

mehitabels's review against another edition

3.0

rather disappointing, he really the rushed the ending, although after 30 years I suppose I understand. still, this section of history I actually know enough to get in trouble and I really hoped for some clarity to the whole thing.

His Nixon was HI-LARIOUS.

I will greatly miss his history books, the best thing to happen to social studies.

zorpblorp's review

funny informative medium-paced

4.25

nerdella_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Started out really strong, but in the last couple of chapters it focused too much on America, which might be because the USA has had such an influence on the world in the last century. Africa, on the flip side, didn't get nearly enough attention in the latter half of the book.

faintdreams's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted sad

5.0

sethdmichaels's review

4.0

the conclusion to one of my favorite cultural artifacts ever, Larry Gonick's 5-volume cartoon history of the world, volume 1 of which I read way back in middle school. The later editions, post-Bush and Gulf war, are a little angrier and preachier, but the whole thing is still terrific, hilarious and informative, putting familiar historical events in new contexts and new perspectives - the emergence of Europe's nation states and the U.S. in the 19th century is shown via Japanese officials' world travel in the 1860s. highly recommend the whole series!