1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785188703321

Autore

Beasley Edward <1964-, >

Titolo

The Victorian reinvention of race : new racisms and the problem of grouping in the human sciences / / Edward Beasley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-92399-3

1-136-92400-0

1-283-28217-8

9786613282170

0-203-84498-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in modern British history ; ; 4

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racism

Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Reinventing Racism; 2 Tocqueville and Race; 3 Gobineau, Bagehot's Precursor; 4 The Common Sense of Walter Bagehot; 5 Bagehot Rewrites Gobineau; 6 Darwin and Race; 7 Argyll, Race, and Degeneration; 8 Frederick Weld and the Unnamed Neighbours; 9 By Way of a Conclusion: Arthur Gordon; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In mid-Victorian England there were new racial categories based upon skin colour. The 'races' familiar to those in the modern west were invented and elaborated after the decline of faith in Biblical monogenesis in the early nineteenth century, and before the maturity of modern genetics in the middle of the twentieth. Not until the early nineteenth century would polygenetic and racialist theories win many adherents. But by the middle of the nineteenth century in England, racial categories were imposed upon humanity. How the idea of 'race' gained popularity in England at that time is the cent



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966550903321

Autore

Steketee Gail

Titolo

Compulsive hoarding and acquiring : therapist guide / / Gail Steketee, Randy O. Frost

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-280-70454-3

9786610704545

0-19-804107-1

1-4294-2068-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Treatments that work

Altri autori (Persone)

FrostRandy O

Disciplina

616.85/227

Soggetti

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Compulsive behavior

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-224).

Nota di contenuto

Introductory information for clinicians -- Assessing hoarding -- Case formulation -- Treatment planning -- Enhancing motivation -- Skills training for organizing and problem solving -- Exposure methods -- Cognitive strategies -- Reducing acquiring -- Preventing relapse.

Sommario/riassunto

Describes an empirically-validated treatment program for use with those individuals who suffer from compulsive hoarding, excessive acquiring, and problems with discarding. Based on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, this guide provides clinicians with the tools and information to help clients restructure their thoughts.