American social psychology : its origins, development, and European background / by Fay Berger Karpf.
"The interest in social psychology has not been confined to any one section of social science. On the contrary, workers in sociology, psychology, economics, and political science, historians, psychiatrists, and even literary men have all written important and significant books which must be cla...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London ; McGraw-Hill Book Co. :
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1932.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | McGraw-Hill publications in sociology.
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "The interest in social psychology has not been confined to any one section of social science. On the contrary, workers in sociology, psychology, economics, and political science, historians, psychiatrists, and even literary men have all written important and significant books which must be classified as directly bearing on this field. The attempt to understand social psychology is obviously greater every year, and the student who tries to avail himself of the heritage is confronted with a laborious and confusing body of reading which soon makes him aware of the need of some guiding clew. It is clear then that a historical guide like the present work ought to serve a very useful purpose, besides being of general interest to the intellectual reader. The author has chosen to use a sort of modified biographical treatment inherited from the tradition of histories of philosophy for this book, and by copious quotation and sympathetic condensation has set for herself the task of giving the reader the teachings of the various authors on the questions that interested them most. French, German, and English writers pass in review before the reader, for all these have left a tradition without which the views of the Americans could not be understood. Until the latter part of the work is reached the treatment of the Americans is roughly chronological, so that the development can be seen and the influences traced." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 461 pages). Also issued in print. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-443) and index. |