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Race And Culture: A World View Paperback – June 16, 1995

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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.

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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.

Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; Revised ed. edition (June 16, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780465067978
ISBN-13: 978-0465067978
ASIN: 0465067972
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G. White

Great book

September 14, 2017

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It is not "easy reading"- It is more like a text book than a best seller. It does offer a clear view, well documented and supported, of how different ethnic and social groups have developed over the history of civilization. It provides insight as to why some modern culture groups are failing, while other groups in the same society are doing well. If we were smarted, it would help us to resolve some of the problems in modern American society- street killings in Chicago, for example. Sadly, there are two few of us who read Sowell's work, and fewer still who are willing to act on the issues.

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Handymancan

Sowell delivers, insight which destroys virtuous intention

September 24, 2018

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This is the first book of a trilogy consisting of Race and Culture, Migration and Culture, & Conquest and Culture. Within this first piece Sowell systematically dismantles commonly held misconceptions regarding to how race corresponds with culture. He cites various cases from not throughout history and spanning the entire globe. 258 pages of text & the book contains over 100 pages of small print notes and citations. Sowell is the real deal.

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John R. Holmes, Jr.

A Must Read for those interested in Race

April 27, 2014

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I read this book in 1995 and it continues to be one of my favorites. I don't claim Sowell has all the answers, but I've loved all of his books. I've given away so many copies he owes me a thank-you letter for the royalties.

Sowell is a towering thinker. When you combine his enormous grasp of history and economics with such a brilliant mind, you come out with books that don't leave the reader wondering whether the author is right. He writes with great clarity and gives you the information to decide for yourself.

Content warning: Most of Thomas Sowell's books are merely interesting and informative, but this one includes a history of slavery that's as shocking as anything you'll read about the Holocaust. Sowell is first and foremost an economist, and he describes with great clarity how a slave's fate was determined by geography and intended use. The higher the cost of training and the greater the difficulty of replacement, the longer the slave's life expectancy.

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Lucas Corrêa

60 pages into this book and you feel like you are so ignorant of the broader world

February 20, 2018

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It's hard to believe how much information Sowell can put together in half a dozen pages. 60 pages into this book and you feel like you are so ignorant of the broader world, because you are amazed by how much you didn't know that are contained in only that tiny number of pages. Amazing work.

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Bill

Sowell's writings are stimulating and food for further thought I thoroughly enjoy this book and the insights it provides

June 13, 2018

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As always, Dr. Sowell's writings are stimulating and food for further thought I thoroughly enjoy this book and the insights it provides. It is a pity that so many of the current generation are ignorant of Dr. Sowell and his works.

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Dr Sowell compiled these three "and Culture" several years ago ...

November 22, 2015

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Dr Sowell compiled these three "and Culture" several years ago and the wisdom contained within them explains a lot of the current events playing out on the world stage today.

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Dr Floyd

Sowell Hits Another Out of the Park

December 25, 2010

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David Mamet has said that Thomas Sowell is the greatest philosopher of the current era -- I agree. "Race and Culture" is one of the three titles in his trilogy on the creation of current world cultures. It is cogent and compelling. Sowell pulls no punches, including chapters on "Race and Intelligence" and "Race and Slavery." Sowell delves deeply into the American experience with slavery -- the "Peculiar Institution," pointing out, properly, that what was peculiar was that slavery went against America's principles, and, this was known and debated by the founders.

Sowell also points out that slavery and Africans are not synonomous. Sowell points out that the very word slave is derived for the word "Slav" in English and related words in Arabic, Dutch, and many other languages. He also points out that there were slaves in the Western Hemisphere when Columbus arrived. Indeed, he points out, slavery is as old as written history.

What Sowell does with this book is to explicate slavery, to give it context, and, ultimately, to paint it for the evil it is.

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Mitch Coleman

Expect nothing less than a great read. His books are very well researched

February 9, 2018

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It's Sowell. Expect nothing less than a great read. His books are very well researched, explained, and reasoned. Agree or disagree with his views they certainly are interesting to consider.

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