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AN AMERICAN DILEMMA: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy
by Myrdal, Gunnar
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VERY GOOD/Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1944. Ninth Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/Fair. lix 1483 pp. Combined one-volume edition with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo, green cloth, gilt spine titled and ruled. Gift inscription to FFEP from church to its pastor; extremities show some light rubbing, a few foxing marks to head, small tear to gutter of final index page, sound and square otherwise; DJ is edgeworn with large chips at both ends of spine, now wrapped in mylar. I-V printing code for September, 1946. Landmark study of dynamics of race detailing obstacles to full participation of African-American in American society by the Swedish economist and Nobel-prize winner. Cited extensively in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Nearly all public-policy issues touching on race through the civil-rights era were framed by this study.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1874
- Title
- AN AMERICAN DILEMMA
- Author
- Myrdal, Gunnar
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Ninth Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1944
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
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Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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