Conquests and Cultures - by Thomas Sowell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Focusing on four major cultural areas, this book attempts to understand the role of cultural differences within nations and between nations in shaping the economic and social fates of peoples and of whole civilizations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 -- <i>Conquests and Cultures</i> reveals patterns that encompass not only these peoples but others and help explain the role of cultural evolution in economic, social, and political development.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thomas Sowell </b>is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including <i>Charter Schools and Their Enemies</i>, winner of the 2021 Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in 2003.
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