Ruling minds : psychology in the British empire /

At its zenith in the early twentieth century, the British Empire ruled nearly one-quarter of the world's inhabitants. As they worked to exercise power in diverse and distant cultures, British authorities relied to a surprising degree on the science of mind. Ruling Minds explores how psychology...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Linstrum, Erik, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Psychology > Great Britain > History.
British > Psychological testing.
British > Psychology.
Psychology > history
Psychological Tests > history
Psychologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Britanniques > Tests psychologiques.
Britanniques > Psychologie.
PSYCHOLOGY > Reference.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
British colonies.
Colonies > Administration.
Psychology.
Kolonialverwaltung
Psychologie
Great Britain > Colonies > Administration > History.
United Kingdom
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Administration > Histoire.
Great Britain.
Groḃritannien
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The laboratory in the field : inventing imperial psychology
  • A dream dictionary for the world : the globalization of the unconscious
  • Meritocracy or master race? The origins of mental testing in the British Empire
  • Square pegs and round holes : aptitude testing in the barracks and beyond
  • The truth about hearts and minds : development and counterinsurgency in the postwar empire
  • Psychology beyond empire : global expertise and the postcolonial mind.

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