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Ruling Minds : Psychology in the British Empire / Erik Linstrum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Linstrum, Erik, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology--Great Britain--History.
- Psychology.
- British--Psychological testing.
- British.
- British--Psychology.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limits of imperial authority than to strengthen it.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Laboratory in the Field
- 2. A Dream Dictionary for the World
- 3. Meritocracy or Master Race?
- 4. Square Pegs and Round Holes
- 5. The Truth about Hearts and Minds
- 6. Psychology beyond Empire
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-08915-4
- OCLC:
- 925305731
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