Maverick, a biography of Thomas Sowell, Jason L. Riley
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Label
Maverick, a biography of Thomas Sowell, Jason L. Riley
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Maverick
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1195468540
Responsibility statement
Jason L. Riley
Sub title
a biography of Thomas Sowell
Summary
"In Maverick, Jason Riley explores the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential and trenchant Black social critics and conservative intellectuals alive today. Riley offers an introduction to Sowell's ideas, from race and inequality to politics, economics, and education. Riley considers Sowell's own history alongside the moments and movements that shaped his thinking"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Chicago-schooled -- A man alone -- Higher education, lower education -- Sowell's reconsiderations -- Sowell's knowledge -- Sowell's visions -- Civil rights and wrongs -- Culture matters -- Sowell man
Target audience
adult
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Subject
- Biographies
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- Black interest
- Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
- African American intellectuals -- Biography
- United States -- Race relations
- African American economists -- Biography
- United States -- Social conditions
- African American conservatives -- Biography
- African Americans + Social conditions
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- Biographies
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- Black interest
- Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
- African American intellectuals -- Biography
- United States -- Race relations
- African American economists -- Biography
- United States -- Social conditions
- African American conservatives -- Biography
- African Americans + Social conditions
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