White Philanthropy : Carnegie Corporation's An American Dilemma and the Making of a White World Order

Sufficiently white : Carnegie Corporation's international reach -- Paying for our well-meant attempts to govern subject races : a cautious turn to Africa -- From education to the applied social sciences : finding new tools to tame the 'growth of a racial consciousness among Black peoples' -- Building white solidarity in South Africa -- Uniting white people across empires in Africa -- Importing the African survey to the United States -- The novelty of an imperial study in the United States -- The imperial study gains support in the United States -- In sync with Carnegie Corporation : Gunnar Myrdal offers blueprints for a new equilibrium in white Anglo-American domination -- A bound English-speaking white world : solidifying international order along the color line. Cover Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Sufficiently White: Carnegie Corporation’s International Reach 1. Frederick Keppel Becomes President of Carnegie Corporation 2. Andrew Carnegie’s Vision of Philanthropy in the “English-Speaking” World 3. James Bertram Interprets Carnegie’s Intentions as Philanthropist Chapter 2. Paying for Our Well-Meant Attempts to Govern Subject Races: A Cautious Turn to Africa 1. Andrew Carnegie’s“Negro in America”(1907) 2. Elite U.S. Philanthropy’s Funding of Education for Black Americans 3. Thomas Jesse Jones’s Negro Education (1917) 4. Jones, U.S. Philanthropy, and the Tuskegee Model 5. Jones and Carnegie Corporation’s 1925 Grant to Kenya 6. Building on Carnegie Corporation’s 1925 Grant to Kenya Chapter 3. From Education to the Social Sciences: Finding New Tools to Tame the “Growth of a Racial Consciousness among Black Peoples” 1. J. H. Oldham’s Fear of Black Unity and Why CarnegieCorporation Took It Seriously 2. Intellectual Context for J. H. Oldham’s Support of Thorough Data Collection in British Africa 3. Carnegie Corporation Tours British Africa 4. The Corporation Decides to Fund Research in British Africa Chapter 4. Building White Solidarity in South Africa 1. Keppel Finds Inspiration in “Co-Operative Research” in the United States 2. A U.S. Research Model in South Africa 3. The Poor White Problem in South Africa (1932) 4. Carnegie Corporation Questions the South African Government’s Model of White Rule Chapter 5. Uniting White People across Empires in Africa 1. Carnegie Corporation President Keppel Reaches Out to J. H. Oldham 2. Carnegie Corporation’s Chatham House Advisers 3. These Chatham House Advisers’ Rationale for an African Survey 4. These Advisers’ Preferred Research Structure and Public Policy Goals for an African Survey 6. Malcolm Hailey’s African Survey (1938) 7. The Reception of An African Survey Chapter 6. Importing Malcolm Hailey’s African Survey to the United States 1. A Carnegie Corporation Trustee Challenges the Corporation’s Support of the Tuskegee Educational Model for Black Americans 2. Northern U.S. Context for Newton Baker’s Critique 3. Through an International Lens, Keppel Reflects on Baker’s Criticisms 4. Carnegie Corporation Replicates the Research Structure of the African Survey in the United States 5. Keppel Adapts a “Hailey Type” to a U.S. Context 6. Keppel Communicates Expectations to Gunnar Myrdal Chapter 7. The Novelty of a “Hailey Type” Study in the United States 1. Rockefeller Funding and the Social Sciences on Black Americans 2. The Social Science Research Council before and after the Rockefeller Organizations’Consolidation in 1929 3. Before Keppel’s London Import, There Was W. E. B. Du Bois’s Encyclopedia 4. U.S. Calls for National Policymaking on Black Americans 5. Policymaking and the Social Sciences on Black Americans in the United States Chapter 8. The “Hailey Type” Study Gains Support in the United States 1. Carnegie Corporation’s U.S. Study Gains Key Americans’ Cooperation 2. The U.S. Study Secures Government Officials’ Collaboration Chapter 9. In Sync with Carnegie Corporation: Gunnar Myrdal Offers Blueprints for a New Dynamic Equilibrium in White Anglo-American Domination 1. Gunnar Myrdal and An African Survey 2. Myrdal Flatters and Focuses on White Americans 3. White Domination and Black Subjection in Myrdal’s Definition of Racial Equality 4. The Main White U.S. Audiences for An American Dilemma 5. Keppel’s Concerns about Myrdal’s Centering of White Northerners and New Dealers at the Expense of the White South 6. Keppel Channels His Lingering Anxiety in An American Dilemma’s Foreword Chapter 10. A Bound English-Speaking White World: Solidifying International Order along the Color Line 1. Moderately Achieving Keppel’s Immediate National Policy Goals 2. Keppel’s Vision for National and International Order Confronts Inherent Limitations Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y "Since its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American dilemma as a defining text on U.S. race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: that An American dilemma was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of deeply challenging white supremacy. It was commissioned by Carnegie Corporation president, Frederick Keppel, and researched and written by Myrdal, precisely with the intent of solidifying white rule over Black people in the U.S. Morey details the complex global origins of An American dilemma, illustrating how the book was part of Carnegie Corporation's efforts to finance social science studies that would help white policymakers in the Anglo-American world address perceived problems in their governance of Black people. Morey also unpacks the text itself, arguing that Myrdal ultimately complemented his funder's intensions for the project by keeping white Americans as his principal audience and guiding them towards a national policy program on Black Americans that would keep intact white domination. Because for Myrdal as Carnegie Corporation, international order rested on white Anglo-Americans' continued ability to dominate effectively"-- Provided by the publisher "Since its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on U.S. race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: that An American Dilemma never was commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of deeply challenging white supremacy. It was commissioned by Carnegie Corporation President Frederick Keppel, and researched and written by Myrdal, precisely with the intent of solidifying white rule over Black people in the U.S. Morey details the complex global origins of An American Dilemma, illustrating how the book was part of Carnegie Corporation's efforts to finance social science studies that would help white policymakers in the Anglo-American world address perceived problems in their governance of Black people. Morey also unpacks the text itself, arguing that Myrdal ultimately complemented his funder's intensions for the project by keeping white Americans as his principal audience and guiding them towards a national policy program on Black Americans that would keep intact white domination. Because for Myrdal as Carnegie Corporation, international order rested on white Anglo-Americans' continued ability to dominate effectively"-- Provided by publisher Since its publication in 1944, many Americans have described GunnarMyrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on U.S.race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historicalevidence what many critics of the book have suspected: AnAmerican Dilemma was not commissioned, funded, or written withthe goal of challenging white supremacy. Instead, Morey reveals itwas commissioned by Carnegie Corporation president FrederickKeppel, and researched and written by Myrdal, with the intent ofsolidifying white rule over Black people in the United States.Morey details the complex global origins of An AmericanDilemma, illustrating its links to Carnegie Corporation'sfunding of social science research meant to help white policymakersin the Anglo-American world address perceived problems in theirgovernance of Black people. Morey also unpacks the text itself,arguing that Myrdal ultimately complemented his funder's intentionsfor the project by keeping white Americans as his principalaudience and guiding them towards a national policy program onBlack Americans that would keep intact white domination. Becausefor Myrdal and Carnegie Corporation alike, international orderrested on white Anglo-Americans' continued ability to dominateeffectively Since its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on U.S. race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: An American Dilemma was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of challenging white supremacy. Instead, Morey reveals it was commissioned by Carnegie Corporation president Frederick Keppel, and researched and written by Myrdal, with the intent of solidifying white rule over Black people in the United States. Morey details the complex global origins of An American Dilemma, illustrating its links to Carnegie Corporation's funding of social science research meant to help white policymakers in the Anglo-American world address perceived problems in their governance of Black people. Morey also unpacks the text itself, arguing that Myrdal ultimately complemented his funder's intentions for the project by keeping white Americans as his principal audience and guiding them towards a national policy program on Black Americans that would keep intact white domination. Because for Myrdal and Carnegie Corporation alike, international order rested on white Anglo-Americans' continued ability to dominate effectively. Since its publication in 1944, many Americans have described Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma as a defining text on US race relations. Here, Maribel Morey confirms with historical evidence what many critics of the book have suspected: it was not commissioned, funded, or written with the goal of challenging white supremacy.