Edmund de Waal · 2010
A family memoir tracing the history of a collection of Japanese netsuke carvings across several generations.
Rachel Cockerell notes she wanted to write something in the same lineage.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“I had read quite a few sort of Jewish family memoirs like The Hair with Amor Eyes by Edmund Duvall and East West Street by Philippe Sands. And I wanted to write something in that lineage.”
Why: She wanted to write something in the same lineage.
Rachel Cockerell, Guest on EconTalkZionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell)
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East West Street
Philippe Sands
Discussed together in: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell) (EconTalk)
The Unforgettable Season
Gordon H. Fleming
Discussed together in: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell) (EconTalk)
The World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig
Discussed together in: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell) (EconTalk)
Melting Point : Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land
Rachel Cockerell
Discussed together in: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell) (EconTalk)
A Jewish State: An Attempt at a Modern Solution of the Jewish Question
Theodor Herzl
Discussed together in: Zionism, the Melting Pot, and the Galveston Project (with Rachel Cockerell) (EconTalk)