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Ruling Minds : Psychology in the British Empire /
The British Empire used intelligence tests, laboratory studies, and psychoanalysis to measure and manage the minds of subjects in distant cultures. Challenging assumptions about the role of scientific knowledge in the exercise of power, Erik Linstrum shows that psychology did more to reveal the limi...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Minds
- 1. The Laboratory in the Field
- 2. A Dream Dictionary for the World
- Part II: Tests
- 3. Meritocracy or Master Race?
- 4. Square Pegs and Round Holes
- Part III: Experts
- 5. The Truth about Hearts and Minds
- 6. Psychology beyond Empire
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index