October 4, 2001
“Culture Matters: Why Some Countries and Ethnic Groups Do Better than Others”

Publications authored by the speaker:

Bibliography of resources related to this event:
The Colgate Libraries own, or can provide access to, the following selected articles and books in the English language relevant to this event. An on campus network connection is necessary for many of the links to articles.

Articles  |  Books

Books

Culture Matters: how values shape human progress. Lawrence E. Harrison, Samuel P. Huntington, editors. New York: Basic Books, 2000.

The Pan-American Dream :do Latin America's cultural values discourage true partnership with the United States and Canada? Lawrence E. Harrison. New York: Basic Books, 1997.

Who Prospers? : how cultural values shape economic and political success. Lawrence E. Harrison. New York: Basic Books, 1992.

Underdevelopment is a State of Mind: the Latin American case. Lawrence E. Harrison. Lanham, MD: Center for International Affairs, Harvard University Press and University Press of America, 1985.

Articles

"To Modernize, Some Have to Change Their Culture," International 
Herald Tribune, 1 March 2001

"Culture Matters," The National Interest, Summer 2000

"The Cultural Roots of Poverty," The Wall Street Journal, 13 July 1999

"Latin America: Democracy and the Market Are Not Enough," World 
Affairs, Spring 1993

"Voodoo Politics," The Atlantic, June 1993

"Underdevelopment is a State of Mind," Freedom Review, 
October 1992

"America and Its Immigrants," The National Interest, Summer 1992

"The Evolution of American Culture/Erosion of Traditional Values," 
Current, v.347,  November 1992

A selection of articles (some full text):

More articles by L. Harrison

If the full text is not available through the above link, many 
article may be found in full text using 
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.

David Hughes
09/10/2009