In therapy we trust : America's obsession with self-fulfillment

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

Author/creator	Moskowitz, Eva S.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Description	x, 342 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-309) and index.
LCCN	00008987
ISBN	0801864038 (hard : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HN64 .M872 2001	✔ Available	Place Hold