Author: Walter A. Jackson

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2014-07-02

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 146962060X

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.