Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time.Migrations and Cultures: shows the persistence of cultural traits, in pa...(展开全部)

托马斯·索威尔（Thomas Sowell） 美国经济学家、社会评论家；斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员，长期任职于康奈尔大学、加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校、艾姆赫斯特学院和其他学术机构以及智囊团；著有《美国种族简史》《经济学的思维方式》《歧视与不平等》等30部作品，常常在《福布斯》、《财富》、《新闻周刊》、《时代》周刊、《华盛顿邮报》等媒体发表文章，曾获得“博伊尔奖”、美国“国家人文科学奖章”、“布莱德雷基金奖”等荣誉。

托马斯·索威尔（Thomas Sowell） 美国经济学家、社会评论家；斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员，长期任职于康奈尔大学、加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校、艾姆赫斯特学院和其他学术机构以及智囊团；著有《美国种族简史》《经济学的思维方式》《歧视与不平等》等30部作品，常常在《福布斯》、《财富》、《新闻周刊》、《时代》周刊、《华盛顿邮报》等媒体发表文章，曾获得“博伊尔奖”、美国“国家人文科学奖章”、“布莱德雷基金奖”等荣誉。

Thomas Sowell is one of America's leading voices on matters of race and ethnicity. In his most recent book, Inside American Education , he surveyed the ills of American education from the primary grades to graduate school with "an impressive range of knowledge and acuity of observation," according to the Wall Street Journal . Now in his newest book Race and Culture , he asks...(展开全部)

In today's world, both cultures and societies are changing more quickly than ever before. The Third Edition of "Cultures and Societies in a Changing World" sheds light on the role culture plays in shaping our social world. A vital and personal aspect of individual identity, culture shapes a person's norms, values, beliefs, and practices. This Third Edition introduces the sociol...(展开全部)

<b></b>Cultures and Societies in a Changing World provides students with the basic skills necessary to understand the importance of culture and interpret the world in cultural terms. Griswold encourages students to explore the concept of culture and the nature of its relationship to the social world; understand seemingly structural issues like poverty or ethnicity by applying c...(展开全部)

Wendy Griswold (born c. 1946) is an American sociologist, professor of sociology and the Bergen Evans Professor in the Humanities at Northwestern University, prior to that she was the Arthur E. Andersen Research and Teaching Professor, also at Northwestern University. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and well-known for her contributions to the sociology of culture and the sociology o...(展开全部)

杰里米·里夫金，美国华盛顿特区的经济趋势基金会（Foundation on EcOnomic Trends）总裁，著有关于经济趋势、科学技术和文化方面的著作七部，被译成15种语言，其中《熵：一种新的世界观》、《时间大战》、《生物圈政治学》和《工作的终结》等书有广泛影响。

杰里米·里夫金，美国华盛顿特区的经济趋势基金会（Foundation on EcOnomic Trends）总裁，著有关于经济趋势、科学技术和文化方面的著作七部，被译成15种语言，其中《熵：一种新的世界观》、《时间大战》、《生物圈政治学》和《工作的终结》等书有广泛影响。

In the Fourth Edition of Cultures and Societies in a Changing World, author Wendy Griswold illuminates how culture shapes our social world and how society shapes culture. Through this book, students will gain an understanding of the sociology of culture and explore stories, beliefs, media, ideas, art, religious practices, fashions, and rituals from a sociological perspective. C...(展开全部)