Reviews for Doing Business and Investing in Botswana Guide

The average rating for Doing Business and Investing in Botswana Guide based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-06-15 00:00:00 Rhoderick Patricio As usual with primary sources, I am not reviewing Simocatta as an historian, but rather this edition of his work. Theophylact Simocatta was the last classicizing historian of antiquity, and his works ends the constant historical narrative that began in the middle of the sixth century with Procopius. Theophylact wrote in a world that had changed significantly in less than a century, and some of the tensions are visible in his work. Writing sometime in the late 620s or early 630s, Simocatta likely had once served as prefect of Constantinople, but this history is not of his own time. It starts in 582 with the death of Tiberius II and the accession of the general Maurikios. The bulk of the narrative then concerns warfare in the Balkans against Avars and Slavs and in the east against the Persians. The campaign narratives are rather vivid and the speeches that punctuate them make for an entertaining literary device even if the writing is often convoluted and contrived. The work ends in 602 with the murder of Maurikios and his family by Phokas, an officer in the Roman army. The final book is perhaps the best part of this history, for on a literary scale it is very dramatic, even if Theophylact sometimes follows Herotodos, one of his literary models on some inane digressions. It is a shame that this work is not more widely-read, because although much of its subject matter is a rather dry campaign narrative (especially compared to that of Procopius), as the last classicizing history of antiquity is an interesting blend of classical history and ecclesiastical history. While Simocatta does not launch into many theological discussions, the very fact that they are present is important because his predecessors and literary models Procopius and Agathias tried so hard to separate themselves from the all-encompassing climate of imperial Christianity that dominated the later sixth and seventh centuries. Theophylact is not as successful as they were, and in this history a bishop can give a sermon and he can introduce his work with a table of contents, a standard feature of ecclesiastical history. For these features alone this book is worth reading. As for this edition, the Whitbys have done a good job including a nice variety of helpful support materials. The brief introduction is well-written and useful. The maps are good, although having them at the front of the book seems more standard. There is a gazetteer and an index of names, as well as a chronological table, although a general index is lacking. This is a nuisance, but only a minor one given that the other two contain most of the relevant entries anyway. The text itself is provided with copious notes and references to scholarly literature and other primary materials. I have not had any experience with Simocatta's Greek so I cannot comment on the translation, but it seems to reflect the style given that it is frequently verbose, which is likely more a reflection of the text instead of the hand of the Whitbys, given how clear their translation of the Chronicon Paschale 284-628 (Liverpool University Press - Translated Texts for Historians) is. This is very good edition of a neglected historian.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-06-23 00:00:00 Timothy Corcoran McKay book, you have been my companion throughout this grueling year. Although you had your biases (Well is there anyone who isn't biased?) you still taught me a lot. Was I irked when you spent 5 textbook pages on contraceptives and a few measly paragraphs? Why yes, I did. But if I pass tomorrow, a large percentage of that grade is due to you. Farewell.Tomorrow I'll be a free woman!