{"product_id":"alva-and-gunnar-myrdal-in-sweden-and-america-1898-1945-unsparing-honesty-paperback","title":"Alva and Gunnar Myrdal in Sweden and America, 1898-1945: Unsparing Honesty - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter a. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dual biography of Alva and Gunnar Myrdal examines their work as architects of the modern welfare state and probes their struggle to to combine love and work in an equal partnership as they designed the social supports necessary for women both to raise children and to contribute to society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Anderson Jackson III (1950-2015) is best known for \u003ci\u003eGunnar Myrdal and America's Conscience: Social Engineering and Racial Liberalism,1938-1973 \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), which analyzes the making of Myrdal's \u003ci\u003eAn American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy \u003c\/i\u003e(1944) in relation to early twentieth-century Swedish and American social thought. Jackson grew up in the South during the Civil Rights Movement and earned a BA (mcl) from Duke and a PhD from Harvard. His life's work was prompted by questions about racial inequality in the United States and the perspective a European social democratic thinker brought to this fraught issue. Jackson published numerous articles on white racial liberalism, African American sociologists and anthropologists, and theories of interracial relations. Beloved by students and the public for grounding the civil rights struggle in local history and highlighting the voices and viewpoints of participants, he appeared on the 2015 PBS program, \"American Denial.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100358861024,"sku":"9780367497088","price":105.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/GfmW8PZOSZ9780367497088.webp?v=1781718289","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/alva-and-gunnar-myrdal-in-sweden-and-america-1898-1945-unsparing-honesty-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}