Gunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism, 1938-1987 (Fred W. Morrison Series in Southern Studies)
A biographical and intellectual study of Gunnar Myrdal and his influence on civil rights and racial liberalism. It connects the history of social policy with the history of race relations.
Work Information
Through one thinker, the genealogy of American racial liberalism comes into view.
Walter A. Jackson rereads twentieth-century American racial thought through Gunnar Myrdal’s work and influence. The book sits at the intersection of social science, policy, and public intellectual history.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Pr
- Published
- 1994-02-01
- Pages
- 468 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.54 x 2.67 x 23.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780807844601
- ISBN-10
- 0807844608
- Price
- 4500 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Minority Studies
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.
Walter A. Jackson is assistant professor of history at North Carolina State University.