- History, Nonfiction, Genius, Civilization
A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence.“At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.”So begins Charles Murray’s unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time.
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- Charles A. Murray
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 688
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Harper Perennial, HarperAudio
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780060577223
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“Before human accomplishment could begin, we had first of all to become human.”
Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of "Losing Ground," which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, "The Bell Curve" (Free Press, 1994), coauthored with the late Richard J. Herrnstein, sparked heated controversy for its analysis of the role of IQ in shaping America's class structure. Murray's other books include "What It Means to Be a Libertarian" (1997), "Human Accomplishment" (2003), "In Our Hands" (2006), and "Real Education" (2008). His 2012 book, "Coming Apart" (Crown Forum, 2012), describes an unprecedented div
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