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Author:

Moskowitz, Eva S.

Title:

In therapy we trust: America's obsession with self-fulfillment / Eva S. Moskowitz.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

x, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Social problems--United States--History--19th century.
Social problems--United States--History--20th century.
Psychotherapy.--Popular works.
Happiness.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
United States--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references ([311]-326) and index.

Contents:

The therapeutic gospel -- Illness : a new cure, a new faith, 1850-1900 -- Poverty : reformers offer treatment, 1890-1930 -- Marriage : a science of personal relations, 1920-1940 -- War, the soldier's psyche, 1941-1945 -- Home : the unhappy housewife, 1945-1965 -- Social protest : liberating the psyche, 1960-1975 -- Feelings : expressing the self, 1970-1980 -- Personal problems and public debate.

ISBN:

9780801864032 (hard : alk. paper)
0801864038 (hard : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43894064

LCCN:

00008987

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)