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From Séance To Science: A History Of The Profession Of Psychology In America, Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., David B. Baker
From Séance To Science: A History Of The Profession Of Psychology In America, Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr., David B. Baker
University of Akron Press Publications
This book is intended to round out the picture of American psychology's past, adding the history of psychological practice to the story of psychological science. Written by two well-recognized authorities in the field, this book covers the profession and practice of psychology in America from the late 19th century to the present. FROM SÉANCE TO SCIENCE tells the story of psychologists who sought and seek to apply the knowledge of their science to the practical problems of the world, whether those problems lay in businesses, schools, families, or in the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of individuals. Engagingly written and full …
Going Places: Slovenian Women's Stories On Migration, Mirjam Milharcic Hkadnik, Jernej Mlekuž
Going Places: Slovenian Women's Stories On Migration, Mirjam Milharcic Hkadnik, Jernej Mlekuž
University of Akron Press Publications
Going Places is a narrative of a century of Slovenian women's immigration stories. The book traces the migration of these Central European women to several destinations including Argentina, Egypt, Italy, and the United States. The research has been carefully culled from the subjects' letters, personal diaries, and oral interviews. What results is a story that covers the span of three to four generations.
The book highlights in biography the story of identity under construction. Each woman's identity surpasses ethnic, national identity or belonging, but at the same time, contains different elements of identity transformation at different stages of the narrator's …
The State Of The Parties (Seventh Edition), John C. Green, Daniel J. Coffey, David B. Cohen
The State Of The Parties (Seventh Edition), John C. Green, Daniel J. Coffey, David B. Cohen
The State of the Parties Seventh Edition
Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and political elites, tea party politics, super PACS, and partisan resources and partisan activities, the contributors survey the American political landscape. They pay special attention to polarization between and within the …