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Maverick : a biography of Thomas Sowell
- Title
- Maverick : a biography of Thomas Sowell / Jason L. Riley.
- Author
- Riley, Jason L., 1971-
- Publication
- New York : Basic Books, 2021.
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Details
- Description
- 290 pages; 25 cm
- 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"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Chicago-schooled -- A man alone -- Higher education, lower expectations -- Sowell's reconsiderations -- Sowell's knowledge -- Sowell's visions -- Civil rights and wrongs -- Culture matters -- Sowell man.
- Call Number
- Sc E 21-1238
- ISBN
- 9781541619685
- 1541619684
- LCCN
- 2021001971
- OCLC
- 1195468540
- Author
- Riley, Jason L., 1971- author.
- Title
- Maverick : a biography of Thomas Sowell / Jason L. Riley.
- Publisher
- New York : Basic Books, 2021.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 21-1238