What lies behind Americas economic and social decline? Can racism explain the ghetto tragedy if two-thirds of Americas blacks have made it into the middle class? Why have Chinese, Japanese, and Korean immigrants done so much better than Mexicans? According to Lawrence E. Harrison, the key to answering these and other questions is culturethe values of a people with respect to work, education, frugality, community, fair play, and progress.
- ISBN10 0465016340
- ISBN13 9780465016341
- Publish Date 4 August 1992
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English