Conquests and cultures
Subtitle: an international history
By: Thomas Sowell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
Subjects: War and civilization; Conquerors -- History; Imperialism -- History; Ethnology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.