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MR. LIONEL CURTIS has done a public service in writing this book. It treats of the plight of at least a fifth of the human race, to whose condition our past actions have demonstrably contributed. It traces the effects of a leaven of modern scientific thought, working in a society not socially or politically organised to receive it. It gives a short but adequate survey of the antecedents, and makes a few tentative suggestions for ameliorative action. Here, no doubt, the reader will feel the need of further guidance but, as Mr. Curtis insists again and again, the first essential is that we in the West, and especially the British and American peoples, should take an increasing interest in the matter and inform ourselves as to the state of affairs.
The Capital Question of China.
By Lionel Curtis. Pp. xix + 322. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1932.) 10s. 6d. net.
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MARVIN, F. The Capital Question of China. Nature 130, 114 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130114a0
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