Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress

Harrison, Lawrence E; Huntington, Samuel P

ISBN 10: 0465031765 / ISBN 13: 9780465031764

Published by Basic Books, 2001

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The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465031765
• ISBN 13: 9780465031764
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Prominent scholars and journalists ponder the question of why, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world is more divided than ever between the rich and the poor, between those living in freedom and those under oppression.

About the Author

Lawrence E. Harrison is a senior fellow at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies and the author of Who Prospers? and The Pan-American Dream.

Samuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor of Government at Harvard University and the author of The Clash of Civilizations and The Remaking of the World Order.