Yesterday has much to tell

Ralph Maxwell Lewis

There is a universality of the world's problems. As a result slowly the charm and individuality of nations and cities fade into monotonous sameness. This book captures much of the old romance and customs of places which time and circumstances are now rapidly altering. Are our standards of living best? Are the ideals that we expound and often insist that other people should adopt, the superior ones? In this book the way that people live and think in remote areas of the world is explained. The author compares them with the so-called "higher standards" in a fascinating way. Have you ever wondered what Baghdad is like; or what the inside of the Tibetan Lamasery is like; or just what acts an African witch doctor performs? These are but a few of the many exotic subjects contained in the thirty chapters of this book. What is civilization? Is it high-rise buildings,...