Self-destruction in the promised land : a psychocultural biology of American suicide / Howard I. Kushner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kushner, Howard I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suicide--United States--History.

Suicide.

Suicide--United States--Psychological aspects.

Suicide--Physiological aspects.

Psychological aspects.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvii, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick [N.J.] : Rutgers University Press, [1989]

Summary:

"A work of subtle insights and of bold illumination, written with persuasive eloquence; it should become a classic in its field."--William Styron -- "Will rush to the top of the list of important books on psychohistory . . . balanced and provocative . . . it's a blockbuster."--Carl N. Degler, Stanford University -- "An illuminating overview of the prevailing understanding of suicide over the past 300 years, tracing current theories back, in some cases, to their roots in Puritan New England. [Kushner] shows how the conflicting views of psychology, sociology, and biochemistry emerged and hardened into dogmatic theories within each discipline that impeded cross-pollination. . . . Fascinating stuff."--San Diego Tribune -- "Outstanding . . . the only work I know that is adequate to the complexity and multidimensionality of suicide, and which genuinely combines, indeed synthesizes, a wide range of disciplinary perspectives into a coherent and satisfying view of the issues. . . . a tour de force."--Joel Kovel, M. D.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [245]-268.

ISBN:

0813513774 :

OCLC:

18135265