Psychology and its cities : a new history of early American psychology / Christopher D. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Christopher D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--United States--History.

Psychology.

United States.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 425 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

"Within the social and political upheaval of American cities at the turn of the 20th century, a new scientific discipline, psychology, strove to carve out a place for itself. This new history of early American psychology highlights the urban contexts in which much of early American psychology developed and tells the stories of well-known psychologists. American psychologists sought out the intellectual, emotional, and social challenges that threatened to destabilize the nation's burgeoning urban areas and proposed novel solutions, sometimes to positive and sometimes to negative effect. Their contributions helped develop our modern ideas about the mind, person, and society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

New York City, birthplace of William James

Granville Stanley Hall, the farmboy goes to Gotham

William James comes to Harvard

James and Hall meet

Baltimore and the Johns Hopkins University

Chicago

The formation of psychology's 'schools'

Psychology in New York and Boston in the 1890s

The dawn of the 20th century

Psychology on the public stage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781138059429

1138059420

9781138059436

1138059439

OCLC:

1023779486