Abstract: Contrary to the politically correct view of cultural relativism, the author presents evidence that some cultures are actually so disfunctional that the best thing to happen to them is to be conquered by another culture.
Keywords: book review, sociology, history, cultural relativism, war and civilization, conquerors, imperialism, ethnology, Roman Empire, Great Britain, African, Slavs, Western Hemisphere Indians.

Title: Conquests and Cultures
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: April 1998
ISBN: 0465013996
LOCN: CB481.S58 1998
Dewey: 325/.32 21
Pages: 493
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Author:        Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
Title:         Conquests and cultures : an international history
                  / Thomas Sowell.
Edition:       1st ed.
Published:     New York : Basic Books, c1998.
Description:   xvi, 493 p. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   CB481.S58 1998
Dewey No.:     325/.32 21
ISBN:          0465013996
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects:      War and civilization.
               Conquerors -- History.
               Imperialism -- History.
               Ethnology.
Control No.:   97050290 

     

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