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From the host of NPR's Morning Edition , a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world. In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented shift of people from the countryside into cities. As Steve Inskeep so aptly puts it, we are now living in the age of the "instant city," when new megacities can emerge practically overnight, creating a host of unique pressures surrounding land use, energy, housing, and the environment. In his first book, the co-host of Morning Edition explores how this epic migration has transformed one of the world's most intriguing instant cities: Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi has exploded from a colonial port town of 350,000 in 1941 to a sprawling metropolis of at least 13 million today. As the booming commercial center of Pakistan, Karachi is perhaps the largest city whose stability is a vital security concern of the United States, and yet it is a place that Americans have frequently misunderstood. As Inskeep underscores, one of the great ironies of Karachi's history is that the decision to divide Pakistan and India along religious lines in 1947 only unleashed deeper divisions within the city-over religious sect, ethnic group, and political party. In Instant City , Inskeep investigates the 2009 bombing of a Shia religious procession that killed dozens of people and led to further acts of terrorism, including widespread arson at a popular market. As he discovers, the bombing is in many ways a microcosm of the numerous conflicts that divide Karachi, because people wondered if the perpetrators were motivated by religious fervor, political revenge, or simply a desire to make way for new real estate in the heart of the city. Despite the violence that frequently consumes Karachi, Inskeep finds remarkable signs of the city's tolerance, vitality, and thriving civil society-from a world-renowned ambulance service to a socially innovative project that helps residents of the vast squatter neighborhoods find their own solutions to sanitation, health care, and education. Drawing on interviews with a broad cross section of Karachi residents, from ER doctors to architects to shopkeepers, Inskeep has created a vibrant and nuanced portrait of the forces competing to shape the future of one of the world's fastest growing cities.

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From the host of NPR's Morning Edition , a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world. In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented shift of people from the countryside into cities. As Steve Inskeep so aptly puts it, we are now living in the age of the "instant city," when new megacities can emerge practically overnight, creating a host of unique pressures surrounding land use, energy, housing, and the environment. In his first book, the co-host of Morning Edition explores how this epic migration has transformed one of the world's most intriguing instant cities: Karachi, Pakistan. Karachi has exploded from a colonial port town of 350,000 in 1941 to a sprawling metropolis of at least 13 million today. As the booming commercial center of Pakistan, Karachi is perhaps the largest city whose stability is a vital security concern of the United States, and yet it is a place that Americans have frequently misunderstood. As Inskeep underscores, one of the great ironies of Karachi's history is that the decision to divide Pakistan and India along religious lines in 1947 only unleashed deeper divisions within the city-over religious sect, ethnic group, and political party. In Instant City , Inskeep investigates the 2009 bombing of a Shia religious procession that killed dozens of people and led to further acts of terrorism, including widespread arson at a popular market. As he discovers, the bombing is in many ways a microcosm of the numerous conflicts that divide Karachi, because people wondered if the perpetrators were motivated by religious fervor, political revenge, or simply a desire to make way for new real estate in the heart of the city. Despite the violence that frequently consumes Karachi, Inskeep finds remarkable signs of the city's tolerance, vitality, and thriving civil society-from a world-renowned ambulance service to a socially innovative project that helps residents of the vast squatter neighborhoods find their own solutions to sanitation, health care, and education. Drawing on interviews with a broad cross section of Karachi residents, from ER doctors to architects to shopkeepers, Inskeep has created a vibrant and nuanced portrait of the forces competing to shape the future of one of the world's fastest growing cities.

• 作者：Akira Sensei 发布时间：2019-01-06 23:22:49

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• 作者：又了个欠 发布时间：2021-12-10 10:05:58

  倒数第二篇说到了真精英，我相信作者是由衷地赞美着，但她也不会因此变得更广阔。涉及国内教育的一些内容，极其令我自己反感。国内有不好，是制度不好，你跑了，跑到国外依然有不公，那是自己不够努力。。。双标太明显了吧？写到韩寒收到质疑的那里的醋味儿简直从加拿大飘回来。

• 作者：skywalker 发布时间：2022-10-27 23:33:07

  这本封面是对应的

• 作者：伊万的中年 发布时间：2017-05-03 21:40:16

  择日当取唐法煮一锅鱼目蟹眼。至于后人给茶具取名冠姓加爵宠以字号，所谓文人风雅，真是病得不清。

• 作者：新之助 发布时间：2018-09-10 16:22:52

  刻画的人物形象栩栩如生，读者仿佛身临其境，亲眼见到了他们。阅读果戈里的作品真是一种享受！

• 作者：Julia 发布时间：2020-03-19 14:38:44

  对我个人而言，这本小册子的最佳学习时间是A1学到四五个单元左右，就是有一点点基础但还学得不深的时候。

• 没感觉.....

  作者：DB 发布时间：2005-11-28 16:45:31

• 几米的寂寞

  作者：韩霄 发布时间：2009-11-18 05:47:00

  之前和某人说过

  读几米是需要某种心境的

  几米的文字被童趣包围

  拨开之后，里面是极深的寂寞

  寂寞之外，亦有对美好灿烂的向往

  或者，是那种对美好可以看见而不能触碰的距离

  产生的巨大的寂寞和孤独吧

  几米喜欢描绘一刹那间的光芒

  或者他相信，最美好的事情总是在一刹那间绽放

  然后熄灭，供人回忆一生

  《星空》一书，题记是献给无法和世界沟通的孩子

  这是不是一种比喻我不确定

  但是，那种难以和外界沟通交流的状态

  很接近于他的寂寞

  文字会无力，所以几米画画

  若还是不能表达，难以沟通，就只有寂寞了

  封面的夹页上还有两句话

  “孤单时，仍要守护心中的思念

  有阴影的地方，必定有光。”

  很励志，但我相信多半不是几米说的

  他想说的话在背面：

  “仰望星空，我想知道：

  有人正从世界的某个地方朝我走来吗？

  后来，你出现了，又离开了。

  我们等候着青春，却错过了彼此……”