Our selves/our past : psychological approaches to American history /
Essays examining topics in the American experience ranging from vengeful accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Salem to the psychologically warping circumstances of the My Lai massacre. Sections include the psychology of the American Revolution; effects of slavery on personality; nineteen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©1981.
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| Summary: | Essays examining topics in the American experience ranging from vengeful accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Salem to the psychologically warping circumstances of the My Lai massacre. Sections include the psychology of the American Revolution; effects of slavery on personality; nineteenth-century sex roles; narcissism in current American culture. Biographical sections discuss notable American personalities in their historical setting including: Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Richard Nixon. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 416 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-414). |
| ISBN: | 080182382X 9780801823824 0801823129 9780801823121 |