Paperback. Nobel Prize winner Gunnar Myrdal is best known for his book An American Dilemma, a classic study of Americas racial problems that was chosen as one of The Modern Librarys top 100 nonfiction books of the twentieth century.The Essential Gunnar Myrdal covers the full range of Myrdals writing, much of which has never been published in book form. It includes his early essays on economics, his thoughts on the population explosion, his discussions of the question of value in the social sciences, and excerpts from Asian Drama, his monumental study of the development of Asia.The newest edition in The New Presss Essential series, the book includes extensive commentary by the editors as well as an introduction by Sissela Bok, who is Myrdals daughter and author of the acclaimed Lying and Secrets. Nobel Prize winner Gunnar Myrdal was one of the twentieth century's leading social scientists. This work includes essays on economics, his thoughts on the population question, his discussions on the question of value in social sciences, and the development of Asia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (Paperback)
Publisher: The New Press, New York
Publication Date: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1565846001
ISBN 13: 9781565846005
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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Nobel Prize winner Gunnar Myrdal is best known for his book An American Dilemma, a classic study of America's racial problems that was chosen as one of The Modern Library's top 100 nonfiction books of the twentieth century.

The Essential Gunnar Myrdal covers the full range of Myrdal's writing, much of which has never been published in book form. It includes his early essays on economics, his thoughts on the population explosion, his discussions of the question of value in the social sciences, and excerpts from Asian Drama, his monumental study of the development of Asia.

The newest edition in The New Press's Essential series, the book includes extensive commentary by the editors as well as an introduction by Sissela Bok, who is Myrdal's daughter and author of the acclaimed Lying and Secrets.

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Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987) won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1974. His books include An American Dilemma, Asian Drama, and Challenge to Affluence.

�rjan Appelqvist is a co-editor (with Stellan Andersson) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).

Stellan Andersson is a co-editor (with �rjan Appelqvist) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).

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