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Walter A. Jackson
Gunnar Myrdal and America’s Conscience [PDF ebook]
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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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 468 ● ISBN 9798890864499 ● Publisher The University of North Carolina Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 9201195 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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