Title: The romance of American psychology
First published: 1995
Description: In this book--which fully explores the political and cultural significance of psychology in post-World War II America--Ellen Herman tells the story of Americans' love affair with the behavioral sciences. It began during wartime. The atmosphere of crisis sustained from the 1940s through the Cold War gave psychological "experts" an opportunity to prove their social theories and behavioral techniques. Psychologists, sociologists, and anthropologists carved a niche within government and began shaping military, foreign, and domestic policy. Herman examines this marriage of politics and psychology, which continued through the tumultuous 1960s. --From publisher's description.
Subjects: Psychology, History, Psychology, history, Political psychology
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: BF108.U5 H47 1995