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Psychology and selfhood in the segregated South /
In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality growth guided by the new mental sciences. Segregation, in contrast, placed racial traits said to be natural and fixed at the forefront of identity. In a society built on racial differences, raising questions about human potential, as psychology did, was unsettling. The introduction of psychological. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-286) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807894095 0807894095 9781469605630 1469605635 0807832812 9780807832813 |