About this title: This book presents the kind of eye-opening insights into the history and culture of race for which Sowell has become famous. As late as the 1940s and 1950s, he argues, poor Southern rednecks were regarded by Northern employers and law enforcement officials as lazy, lawless, and sexually immoral. This pattern was repeated by blacks with whom they ...
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Description: Good. 1594031436 Paperback with moderate shelf-wear, rubbing, fraying, tears, fading, chipping and bumping to the cover, edges, corners, and spine. Binding is tight and square. Inside pages are free from underlining, note taking, and/or highlighting. One or more pages have folded corners. Book is in stock and ready to ship from Phoenix, Arizona same or next business day. Select Expedited shipping and receive your book within 3-5 business days. Buy with confidence! Please leave feedback after ... read more
Description: Very Good. 1594030863 Encounter hardcover w/dustjacket, 2005, 1st edition, very clean, No marks/tears, minimal wear...Near Fine/Near Fine...Bubble-wrapped and mailed in a Box w/delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
Description: NEAR FINE in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean, unmarked and tightly bound. Hinges are excellent. Dust jacket has very light wear. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
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Edition: First Edition First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books, San Francisco
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
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Edition: First Edition {First Printing}
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevaoling assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, anf about education. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, BLACK REDNECKS AND WHITE LIBERALS takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. " This book ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Encounter Books
Date Published: 2006-06-25
ISBN-13:9781594031434ISBN:1594031436
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Encounter Books
Date Published: 2006-06-25
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Binding: Black Boards
Publisher: Encounter Books, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
Description: Very Good in Very Good Price Intact jacket. 9 1/4 X 6 1/4. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector sleeve. Pages tight, bright and clean. Binding firm and straight, sewn signatures. Boards, spine, edges and corners very good. No apparent wear. If needed for reference, research, analysis, lucubrations or just enjoyment this is a nice volume, shelf presentable. 372 pages, notes & indexed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books
Date Published: 2005-04-30
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Encounter Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781594030864ISBN:1594030863
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"This is a great must read for everyone. Thomas Sowell challenges assumptions and policies in society and government that claim to help minority groups which, in fact, harm them in the long run."
"I thought this might turn into a ridiculous right wing rant, and it didn't take that long. The premise is interesting: basically that American ghetto culture - which has zero redeeming qualities in the mind of the author - is an adaptation of what Malcolm Gladwell calls the "culture of honor" and Sowell simply calls "redneck" culture. This social system originated with the Scotch-Irish immigrants to the American south and lived on in the Appalachians and other poor white areas of the South. The rest of the book seems to be a rant directed at those "white liberals" and the "liberal media". This is where I threw in the towel."
"Very thought provoking and challenging to popular history but supported with good data and research. Six provocative essays ranging from slavery, to the Germans who were mandated to leave their homeland after WW2. Did you know that the word "aks" as in "you ought to aks me a question?" was originally used by white hillbillies of the Kentucky and Tennessee area? Sowells reveals simple truths like this in this book, that beg other questions."
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