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Culture Of Honor: The Psychology Of Violence In The South (New Directions in Social Psychology) (1st Edition) by Richard E. Nisbett, Dov Cohen, Westview Press Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8133-1993-5 / 0813319935 ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-1993-3 / 9780813319933 In the United States, the homicide rate in the South is consistently higher than the rate in the North. In this brilliantly argued book, Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen use this fact as a starting point for an exploration of the underlying reasons for violence. According to Nisbett and Cohen, the incr |