TY - BOOK AU - Riley,Jason TI - Maverick: a biography of Thomas Sowell SN - 9781541619685 PY - 2021/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books KW - Sowell, Thomas, KW - African American intellectuals KW - Biography KW - African American conservatives KW - African American economists KW - African Americans KW - Social conditions KW - United States KW - Race relations KW - Biographies KW - lcgft N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chicago-schooled -- A man alone -- Higher education, lower education -- Sowell's reconsiderations -- Sowell's knowledge -- Sowell's visions -- Civil rights and wrongs -- Culture matters -- Sowell man N2 - "In Maverick, Jason Riley explores the life and ideas of Thomas Sowell, one of America's most influential and trenchant Black social critics and conservative intellectuals alive today. Riley offers an introduction to Sowell's ideas, from race and inequality to politics, economics, and education. Riley considers Sowell's own history alongside the moments and movements that shaped his thinking"-- ER -