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Ethnic America, written by economist and historian Thomas Sowell, is a history of nine ethnic groups that immigrate to the United States. Sowell's aim is to illustrate important points about history, economics, social science, social philosophy and social policy in these histories in order to draw certain lessons towards the end of the book. Yet the histories are of great interest in themselves, as they tell the human story of the profound struggles and impressive achievements of the individuals within these groups.
In Chapter 1, Sowell outlines the ethnic groups that he will discuss, and the metrics upon which he will measure their successes and failures. He also stresses intragroup diversity and the relationship of these ethnic groups to American society as a whole. To this day, important differences between ethnic groups remain with respect to wealth, health, IQs, education level and so on. Age is another important difference, which... View more of the Ethnic America: A History Summary
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