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

Walter A. Jackson

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

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.

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Publisher
UNC Press Books
Year
2014
ISBN-13
9781469620602
Genre
Biography & Memoir
Topics
Racial liberalismAmerican DilemmaGunnar MyrdalSocial engineering and race relations

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