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"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."
…Should be required reading for anyone interested in policy questions involving race and ethnicity….The book's extraordinary merit is its application of demographic and economic analysis to historical and social materials.
More Reviews and RecommendationsThomas 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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July 06, 2009: Sowell's writing should be required reading for all high schools, and college's.