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An American Dilemma, Volume 1

The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

By: Gunnar Myrdal

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An American Dilemma, Volume 1

The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

By: Gunnar Myrdal

This landmark effort to understand African-American people in the New World provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks.

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1560008563

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An American Dilemma

The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, Volume 2

By: Gunnar Myrdal

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An American Dilemma

The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, Volume 2

By: Gunnar Myrdal

In this landmark effort to understand African American people in the New World, Gunnar Myrdal provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The title of the book, An American Dilemma, refers to the moral contradiction of a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the base realities of racial discrimination. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks. The appendices are a gold mine of information, theory, and methodology. Indeed, two of the appendices were issued as a separate work given their importance for systematic theory in social research. The new introduction by Sissela Bok offers a remarkably intimate yet rigorously objective appraisal of Myrdal—a social scientist who wanted to see himself as an analytic intellectual, yet had an unbending desire to bring about change. An American Dilemma is testimonial to the man as well as the ideas he espoused. When it first appeared An American Dilemma was called "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization" by Robert S. Lynd; "One of the best political commentaries on American life that has ever been written" in The American Political Science Review; and a book with "a novelty and a courage seldom found in American discussions either of our total society or of the part which the Negro plays in it" in The American Sociological Review. It is a foundation work for all those concerned with the history and current status of race relations in the United States.

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Routledge

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1351531999

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9781351531993

North

The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland [A Cookbook]

By: Gunnar Karl Gíslason,Jody Eddy

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The New Nordic Cuisine of Iceland [A Cookbook]

By: Gunnar Karl Gíslason,Jody Eddy

An unprecedented look into the food and culture of Iceland, from Iceland's premier chef and the owner of Reykjavík's Restaurant Dill. Iceland is known for being one of the most beautiful and untouched places on earth, and a burgeoning destination for travelers lured by its striking landscapes and vibrant culture. Iceland is also home to an utterly unique and captivating food scene, characterized by its distinctive indigenous ingredients, traditional farmers and artisanal producers, and wildly creative chefs and restaurants. Perhaps no Icelandic restaurant is as well-loved and critically lauded as chef Gunnar Gíslason’s Restaurant Dill, which opened in Reykjavík’s historic Nordic House in 2009. North is Gíslason’s wonderfully personal debut: equal parts recipe book and culinary odyssey, it offers an unparalleled look into a star chef’s creative process. But more than just a collection of recipes, North is also a celebration of Iceland itself—the inspiring traditions, stories, and people who make the island nation unlike any other place in the world.

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Ten Speed Press

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1607744996

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Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables

By: Gunnar Jensen

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Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables

By: Gunnar Jensen

I always wanted to write a book where I call the general populace a bunch of limp dicks and desiccated pussies; however, my editor refused to publish anything so honest. Luckily, I am the master of work-arounds. So, in the guise of modeling hard-dickitude and wet-pussiness, I managed to trick my editor into publishing this memoir by concealing my recriminations inside stories. Follow me as I take Kerouac's On the Road beneath a table. Oddly enough, there were nearly as many drug dealers, sexpots, and weirdoes in an "empty" room at a reception hall as there were if you had hitchhiked across America in the late 1940s. While hiding from both management and low-lifes alike, I secreted myself behind the white shroud of a skirted table. Beneath this table, I found friendship, love and a workable philosophy on how to live life. Lying prone beneath a rectangular skirted table, I learned, ironically enough, how to think outside the box. Also, I've never actually had an editor.

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165

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Lulu.com

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1300109432

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9781300109433

Process and Expression in Architectural Form

By: Gunnar Birkerts

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Process and Expression in Architectural Form

By: Gunnar Birkerts

Generously illustrated with concept development sketches as well as site plans, section drawings, full schematics, and photographs of finished buildings, this engaging volume focuses on "organic synthesis," the creative process that is architect Gunnar Birkerts's methodology and philosophy. Birkerts likens his organic approach to listening to music: the music must be heard as it unfolds; an attempt to perceive it all at once would reduce it to noise. Organic synthesis occurs as all aspects of a project present themselves: the building site, the building program and budget, available materials and technologies, emotional or intuitive content revealed through architect-client interaction.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806126426

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9780806126425

Annika & the Babushkas

By: Bo Gunnar Grundberg

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Annika & the Babushkas

By: Bo Gunnar Grundberg

Young Annika sets out to change America's prison system with the help of babushka-wearing blueberry peddlers imported from the Old World, and in the process finds much more to change here at home and abroad.

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1449015115

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Hesse

The Wanderer and His Shadow

By: Gunnar Decker

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Hesse

The Wanderer and His Shadow

By: Gunnar Decker

A deftly crafted biography of the author of Siddhartha, whose critique of consumer culture continues to inspire millions of readers. Against the horrors of Nazi dictatorship and widespread disillusionment with the forces of mass culture and consumerism, Hermann Hesse’s stories inspired nonconformity and a yearning for universal values. Few today would doubt Hesse’s artistry or his importance to millions of devoted readers. But just who was the author of Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, and Demian? Gunnar Decker weaves together previously unavailable sources to offer a unique interpretation of the life and work of Hermann Hesse. Drawing on recently discovered correspondence between Hesse and his psychoanalyst Josef Lang, Decker shows how Hesse reversed the traditional roles of therapist and client, and rethinks the relationship between Hesse’s novels and Jungian psychoanalysis. He also explores Hesse’s correspondence with Stefan Zweig—recently unearthed—to find the source of Hesse’s profound sense of alienation from his contemporaries. Decker’s biography brings to life this icon of spiritual searching and disenchantment who galvanized the counterculture in the 1960s and feels newly relevant today.

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Harvard University Press

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0674916395

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Black and African-American Studies

American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

By: Gunnar Myrdal

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American Dilemma, the Negro Problem and Modern Democracy

By: Gunnar Myrdal

In this landmark effort to understand African American people in the New World, Gunnar Myrdal provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people within a people. The title of the book, An American Dilemma, refers to the moral contradiction of a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the base realities of racial discrimination. The touchstone of this classic is the jarring discrepancy between the American creed of respect for the inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity for all and the pervasive violations of the dignity of blacks. The appendices are a gold mine of information, theory, and methodology. Indeed, two of the appendices were issued as a separate work given their importance for systematic theory in social research. The new introduction by Sissela Bok offers a remarkably intimate yet rigorously objective appraisal of Myrdal--a social scientist who wanted to see himself as an analytic intellectual, yet had an unbending desire to bring about change. An American Dilemma is testimonial to the man as well as the ideas he espoused. When it first appeared An American Dilemma was called "the most penetrating and important book on contemporary American civilization" by Robert S. Lynd; "One of the best political commentaries on American life that has ever been written" in The American Political Science Review; and a book with "a novelty and a courage seldom found in American discussions either of our total society or of the part which the Negro plays in it" in The American Sociological Review. It is a foundation work for all those concerned with the history and current status of race relations in the United States."--Provided by publisher.

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1412815118

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Red Sea Coral Reefs

By: Gunnar Bemert,Rupert Ormond

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Red Sea Coral Reefs

By: Gunnar Bemert,Rupert Ormond

First published in 1981. The Red Sea is a distinctive and unique tropical sea, and the only enclosed coral sea in the world. This book are the impressions and images from the author who has been a professional diver and photographer since 1975. working on the east coast of the Red Sea. He shares his exciting and fantastic times in Saudi Arabia, maligning that the Red Sea remains an unparalleled source of surprises, entertainment, and beauty.

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1317848993

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Book's by Gunnar Jarring

An American Dilemma, Volume 1

An American Dilemma, Volume 1

An American Dilemma

An American Dilemma

North

North

Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables

Living Underneath Tables and Other Modern Fables

Process and Expression in Architectural Form

Process and Expression in Architectural Form

Annika & the Babushkas

Annika & the Babushkas

Hesse

Hesse

Black and African-American Studies

Black and African-American Studies

Red Sea Coral Reefs

Red Sea Coral Reefs

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