| Description |
ix, 242 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The eighteenth century: enlightenment precursors. France: a short-lived dawn of empirical social science -- Britain: interpersonal relations and cultural differences. Part II. The nineteenth century: the gestation of social psychology in Europe. Germany: Herbart's and his followers' societal psychology -- France and Belgium: adventurous blueprints for a new social science -- Britain: logic, evolution, and the social in mind -- France: crowd, public, and collective mentalities -- Germany: in the shadow of Wundt -- America: Darwinian social psychology crosses the Atlantic. Part III. The twentieth century: towards maturity in America. Was 1908 a crucial date? -- Social psychology becomes empirical: groups (social facilitation) and attitudes -- The wider panorama of social psychology in the mid-1930s -- Highlights of the inter-war years. |
| Subject |
Social psychology -- Europe -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780521868280 hardback |
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0521868289 hardback |
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9780521687867 paperback |
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0521687861 paperback |
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