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Author:

Blass, Thomas.

Title:

The man who shocked the world : the life and legacy of Stanley Milgram / Thomas Blass.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxiv, 360 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Milgram, Stanley.
Social psychologists--United States--Biography.
Authority.
Obedience.
Social psychology.
Social psychology--Experiments.
Milgram, Stanley.
Psychosociologues--États-Unis--Biographies.
Autorité.
Obéissance.
Psychologie sociale.
Psychologie sociale--Expériences.
Sociale psychologie.
Experimenten.
Milgram, Stanley.
Psychology, Social--Biography.
Behavioral Research--ethics--Biography.
Behavioral Research--history--Biography.
Social Conformity--Biography.
Milgram, Stanley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-347) and index.

Contents:

The neighborhood with no name -- Making the grade at Harvard -- Norway and France -- From the "princetitute" to Yale -- Obedience: the experience -- Obedience: the experiment -- Aftershocks -- Return to academic Eden -- City psychology -- Center stage -- Vexations, cyranoids, and the declining years -- Milgram's legacy.

Summary:

"The creator of the famous "Obedience Experiments," carried out at Yale in the 1960s, and originator of the "six degrees of separation" concept, Stanley Milgram was one of the most innovative scientists of our time. In this biography - the first in-depth portrait of Milgram - Thomas Blass captures the colorful personality and pioneering work of a man who profoundly altered the way we think about human nature."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

9780738203997 (alk. paper)
0738203998 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)53398166

LCCN:

2003023841

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

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

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)