Conquests And Cultures

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0786723009
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquests and Cultures written by Thomas Sowell and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations, today and over centuries of history, in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Focusing on four major cultural areas(that of the British, the Africans (including the African diaspora), the Slavs of Eastern Europe, and the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere--Conquests and Cultures reveals patterns that encompass not only these peoples but others and help explain the role of cultural evolution in economic, social, and political development.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541601386
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquests and Cultures written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the culmination of 15 years of research and travels that have taken the author completely around the world twice, as well as on other travels in the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and around the Pacific rim. Its purpose has been to try to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations, today and over centuries of history, in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations. Focusing on four major cultural areas(that of the British, the Africans (including the African diaspora), the Slavs of Eastern Europe, and the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere -- Conquests and Cultures reveals patterns that encompass not only these peoples but others and help explain the role of cultural evolution in economic, social, and political development.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Migrations And Cultures written by Thomas Sowell and published by . This book was released on 1996-03-21 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: nted brings his insight and erudition to bear on one of the key issues of the 1996 presidential campaign--immigration--supplying context, insight, and reason to an inflamed debate that could very well dissolve the social fabric of our country.

Author : Thomas Frank
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226260129
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conquest of Cool written by Thomas Frank and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at advertising during the 1960s, focusing on the relationship between the counterculture movement and commerce.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786723157
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnic America written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work by the distinguished economist traces the history of nine American ethnic groups -- the Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans.

Author : William F. McCants
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691151482
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Founding Gods, Inventing Nations written by William F. McCants and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, Founding Gods, Inventing Nations traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the dynamic influence of the Greek, Roman, and Arab conquests of the Near East, William McCants looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. The Greek and Roman conquests brought with them a learned culture that competed with that of native elites. The conquering Arabs, in contrast, had no learned culture, which led to three hundred years of Muslim competition over the cultural orientation of Islam, a contest reflected in the culture myths of that time. What we know today as Islamic culture is the product of this contest, whose protagonists drew heavily on the lore of non-Arab and pagan antiquity. McCants argues that authors in all three periods did not write about civilization's origins solely out of pure antiquarian interest--they also sought to address the social and political tensions of the day. The strategies they employed and the postcolonial dilemmas they confronted provide invaluable context for understanding how authors today use myth and history to locate themselves in the confusing aftermath of empire.

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465067978
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race And Culture written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1995-06-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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Publisher : Hoover Press
ISBN 13 : 9780817938635
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race, Culture, and Equality written by and published by Hoover Press. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features "Race, Culture, and Equality, " an essay written by Thomas Sowell and presented online by the Hoover Institution based at Stanford University. The essay discusses the economic and social impacts of cultural differences among peoples and nations around the world.

Author : Morris De Camp Crawford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conquest of Culture written by Morris De Camp Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maya Jasanoff
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400075467
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edge of Empire written by Maya Jasanoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this imaginative book, Maya Jasanoff uncovers the extraordinary stories of collectors who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire in India and Egypt, tracing their exploits to tell an intimate history of imperialism. Jasanoff delves beneath the grand narratives of power, exploitation, and resistance to look at the British Empire through the eyes of the people caught up in it. Written and researched on four continents, Edge of Empire enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than previous accounts have led us to believe were possible. And as this book demonstrates, traces of that world remain tangible—and topical—today. An innovative, persuasive, and provocative work of history.