The Essential Gunnar Myrdal
Published on 10. February 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
259 pages
978-1-56584-600-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56584-600-5 (9781565846005)
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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.
OErjan Appelqvist is a co-editor (with Stellan Andersson) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).
Stellan Andersson is a co-editor (with OErjan Appelqvist) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).
OErjan Appelqvist is a co-editor (with Stellan Andersson) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).
Stellan Andersson is a co-editor (with OErjan Appelqvist) of The Essential Gunnar Myrdal (The New Press).