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Culture of Intolerance
Chauvinism, Class, and Racism in the United States
by Mark Nathan Cohen
ISBN: 0300080662
ISBN-13: 9780300080667
Format: Paperback
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"In addressing how we confuse cultural difference with biological inferiority, anthropologist Cohen attacks the sacred cows of American conservatism, including strict constitutional constructionism, 'canons' of literary discourse, and IQ testing."
-- Kirkus
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Publisher's Notes
This timely book shows that a series of arbitrary misperceptions and inappropriate assumptions in American culture generate racism, the enormous gap between rich and poor, and a host of other social problems. Americans are not taught the real meaning of "freedom, " "property, " "efficiency, " "progress, " and "law." We fail to understand that other people's goals, values, and workstyles can be different from ours without being wrong, or that terms as basic as "father" or "family" may mean very different thi (all equally correct) to different people even within the United States.
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Culture of Intolerance: Chauvinism, Class, and Racism in the United States
Cohen, Mark Nathan
Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr, 1999. This book has an orange and pink soft cover with black and white lettering. Cover slightly curled, else Fine; inner pages clean, binding tight. Cohen writes about the entrenched assumptions within American culture that produce a society of fundamental bias along the lines of race, class and gender. 325 pages, including index; approx. 6"x9". DAILY INVOICED PROCESSING, QUICK RESPONDING DEALER.. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ( more information)
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