Race And Culture by Thomas Sowell - ISBN: 9780465067978
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Culture, not race, determines fates: a decade-long global investigation.

Race And Culture

A World View

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    15 June 1995

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Summary

Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780465067978
ISBN-10:0465067972
Author:Thomas Sowell
Publisher:Basic Books
Imprint:Basic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:15 June 1995
Weight:269g
Dimensions:202mm x 126mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

“For those who appreciate a robust, neo-conservative romp through the minefield of contemporary race relations, Mr. Sowell’s Race and Culture has much to commend it.”–New York Times“One finishes reading this book awed with Sowell’s capacity to bring together so much material in such a readable fashion.”–Myron Weiner, political scientist“Sowell has no match in his breadth of knowledge on these issues…. Race and Culture is ultimately a cautionary tale of human history with broad implications for current public policies directed at racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.”–Lisa Chavez, president, Center for Equal Opportunity“This footnote-studded study is a welcome contribution to sober thinking about race. Sowell reminds us that appreciating a group’s special and changing stock of ‘cultural capital’ does not constitute prejudice.”–Booklist“Thomas Sowell has produced a book that will compel every careful reader…to rethink their most confident views on matters of race and culture… the reader cannot help but find reasons to hope for a better world, culturally and racially, in this grimly realistic assessment.”–National Review“Thomas Sowell’s views on race and culture must command the respect of any informed, unbiased person…. The book is a tour de force that will set the standards on this important and complex subject for years to come.”–Rondo Cameron, author of A Concise Economic History of the World“Unmatched in the breadth of its scholarship and the decisiveness of its arguments, Sowell’s book is a splendid demarche against the Zeitgeist–which is the best recommendation an intelligent reader could want.”–Commentary Magazine“Valuable.”–Library Journal

About The Author

Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at a number of colleges and universities, including Cornell, University of California Los Angeles, and Amherst. He has published both scholarly and popular articles and books on economics, and is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

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