Ebook: Race and Reason: A Yankee View

Putnam wrote Race and Reason in 1961, at the height of the integration and “civil rights” controversies, and it remains to this day one of the most lucid, persuasive accounts of racial differences and what they mean for society. Much of the work of the Southern resistance of the 1960s is dated and mainly of historical interest; not this book. Putnam’s calm, balanced, authoritative arguments are as powerful as ever. Putnam never overstates his case or drives his conclusions beyond what the scientific data permit. His insights and parallels are as fresh today as they were 45 years ago.