03408pam 2200649 a 450 991049615270332120230828225434.00-585-05354-5(CKB)111029157816030(MH)005288796-0(SSID)ssj0000239350(PQKBManifestationID)12074887(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239350(PQKBWorkID)10250150(PQKB)11530339(EXLCZ)9911102915781603019940713d1995 ub 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe romance of American psychologypolitical culture in the age of experts /Ellen Herman[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Pressc19951 online resource (xiii, 406 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-520-20703-3 0-520-08598-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-394) and index.In the name of enlightenment -- War on the enemy mind -- The dilemmas of democratic morale -- Nervous in the service -- The career of Cold War psychology -- Project Camelot and its aftermath -- The damaging psychology of race -- The Kerner Commission and the experts -- The growth industry -- The curious courtship of psychology and women's liberation -- Toward a larger jurisdiction for psychology.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 1940's 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 1960's. --From publisher's description.romance of American psychologyROMANCE OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY: POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE AGE OF EXPERTSPsychologyUnited StatesHistory20th centuryPsychologyUnited StatesHistoryPsychologyHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPsychologyBehavioral SciencesBehavioral Disciplines and ActivitiesPsychiatry and PsychologyPsychologyHistoryPsychologyHistory.PsychologyHistoryPsychology.Behavioral Sciences.Behavioral Disciplines and Activities.Psychiatry and Psychology150/.973/09045Herman Ellen1233544DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910496152703321The romance of American psychology2865050UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress