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Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
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Hardcover
from Basic Books (April 1, 2000)
9780465031757 | details & prices | 348 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $35.00
About: Probing the difficult questions of why some modern industrialized nations are more successful than others at providing basic freedoms and a decent standard of living to their people, the author looks to the cultural values underpinning societies, arguing that they are the key to understanding the success or failure of the 'developed' nation.
About: Probing the difficult questions of why some modern industrialized nations are more successful than others at providing basic freedoms and a decent standard of living to their people, the author looks to the cultural values underpinning societies, arguing that they are the key to understanding the success or failure of the 'developed' nation.