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

Informationen zum Autor Walter A. Jackson is assistant professor of history at North Carolina State University. Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Walter A. Jackson
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.1994
• EAN: 9780807844601
• ISBN: 978-0-8078-4460-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Fred W. Morrison Series in Sou; Fred W. Morrison Series in Sou
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories