World on Fire : How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred, Amy Chua lighting Wong was the second daughter

Wong was the second daughter of six children born to a laundryman and his wife

nor viciously alluring like her mother

But the couple who died in the fire had no children of their own

A major new novel from the internationally bestselling author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’

”— The Washington Post Mark Twain once observed

World on Fire : How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred, Amy Chua lighting Wong was the second daughterAmy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post Cold War globalising world. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations can turn ugly and violent. Chua shows how free markets have concentrated disproportionate, often spectacular wealth in the hands of resented ethnic minorities 'market dominant minorities'. Adding democracy to this volatile mix can unleash suppressed ethnic hatred