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Volume 337:944-945 September 25, 1997 Number 13

A Pictorial History of Psychology

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Edited by Wolfgang G. Bringmann, Helmut E. Lück, Rudolf Miller, and Charles E. Early. 636 pp., illustrated. Chicago, Quintessence, 1997. $78. ISBN 0-86715-292-3.

The remarkably rapid growth of psychology and other behavioral sciences in the 20th century has had an enormous impact on the way we see ourselves and understand our interactions with the world. Tracing the emergence of this field has become a subspecialty for scholars, and many universities now require even undergraduates concentrating in psychology to complete a course in the "history and systems" of psychology.

Given the wide range of books already available on this topic, any major new work in the area must be evaluated in terms of whether it contributes any really new understanding of the unfolding of . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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