Thick description and fine texture : studies in the history of psychology /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2003. |
| Description: | xxii, 249 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5064749 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Thirty-five Years of Archival Achievement: Essays in Honor of John A. Popplestone and Marion White McPherson
- Introduction: Looking Backward
- 1.. "Microhistory" and the History of Psychology: "Thick Description" and "The Fine Texture of the Past"
- 2.. Interviewing as a Tool of the Trade: A Not-Very-Satisfactory Bottom Line
- 3.. Harry Hollingworth and the Shame of Applied Psychology
- 4.. An Insider's Look at Experimental Psychology in America: The Diaries of Walter Miles
- 5.. Contextualizing Documents, Data, and Controversies: Working with the Henry Herbert Goddard Papers
- 6.. Three Decades of Historical and Archival Research on Psychology and Religion
- 7.. Whatever Happened to the Brass and Glass? The Rise of Statistical "Instruments" in Psychology, 1900-1950
- 8.. Archival Adventures in the History of Comparative Psychology
- 9.. A Tale of Two Institutions: York University's History of Psychology Program and the Archives of the History of American Psychology
- Contributors
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
