Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism, 1938-1987

by Walter A. Jackson

Book Overview

Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma (1944) influenced the attitudes of a generation of Americans on the race issue and established Myrdal as a major critic of American politics and culture. Walter Jackson explores how the Swedish Social Democratic scholar, policymaker, and activist came to shape a consensus on one of America's most explosive public issues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807819115
• ISBN13: 9780807819111
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"