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Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism, 1938-1987
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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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Release dateJul 2, 2014
ISBN9781469620602
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Walter A. Jackson
Walter A. Jackson is assistant professor of history at North Carolina State University.
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