Ethnic America, Thomas Sowell
Ethnic America, Thomas Sowell
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Ethnic America

Author: Thomas Sowell

Narrator: James Bundy

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/24/2005

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

Thomas Sowell provides us with a useful and concise record tracing the history of nine ethnic groups: Irish, Germans, Jews, Italians, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans. Going beyond fascinating trivia (Did you know there are more people of Irish ancestry in the United States than in Ireland and more Jews than in Israel?), he explains each ethnic groups varied experiences in adapting to American society.

About Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell has taught economics at Cornell, UCLA, Amherst, and other academic institutions, and his Basic Economics has been translated into six languages. He is currently a scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, at Stanford University. He has been published in both academic journals and such popular media as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Fortune and writes a syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Guixin on February 24, 2015

I have read this after I studied overseas in the United States for 2 years. Before my coming to the USA, I barely have the idea of how the concept "ethnic" could virtually impact how people behave, how they communicate, and how they like each other. After all, I live in a society (China) where I ha......more

Goodreads review by Rob on June 02, 2013

Excellent read. How can a guy take such deep and specific technical data and weave it into a fascinating story? Thomas Sowell is one of the most brilliant men in America. Even back in 1986 (or thereabouts) when this story was written, he's already honed his unique ability to make hard data completel......more

Goodreads review by Nicko on August 25, 2007

Each immigrant group has changed in America, and American society has changed in many ways. The most dramatic example is that today there are people sitting in Congress and on the Supreme Court whose ancestors were brought here as slaves. Among the world's leading scientific, political, and economic......more

Goodreads review by Garrett on March 24, 2024

Reading Tom Sowell makes me wish more of us could discuss and think honestly about ethnic differences more openly without the knee-jerk dismissal and cancellation of "racism." Not all meaningful distinctions between people from various parts of the world has to do with genetics and skin color. As a m......more

Goodreads review by Ari on July 02, 2021

America is full of distinct ethnic groups. They have had substantially different experiences. This is a compare-and-contrast of nine such groups: The Irish, Italians, Germans, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, African-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans. He is particularly interested in the extent to whic......more