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History of Psychology

Selected Works in the History of Psychology

Pius library owns the collection Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914. This is a 51-volume series edited by Robert H. Wozniak and published by Thoemmes Press (now Thoemmes Continuum). The collection has not been shelved as a set in Pius; instead, each volume was assigned a call numbers and shelved in its most appropriate subject location. Search the Library Catalog several ways: (1) by "Title" using the series name as the title, i.e., Classics in Psychology, 1855-1914, to see the catalog listing arranged by volume number and/or (2) for specific titles or authors.

Adler, H. E., & Rieber, R. W. (Eds.). Aspects of the history of psychology in America: 1892-1992. New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
[Q 11 .N5 v.727]

Allport, G. W. (1947). The use of personal documents in psychological science. New York: Social Science Research Council.
[BF 38 .A4 1947]

Ash, M. G. (1995). Gestalt psychology in German culture, 1890-1967: Holism and the quest for objectivity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 203 .A84 1995]

Baker, D. B. (Ed.). (2003). Thick description and fine texture: Studies in the history of psychology. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press.
[BF 81 .T47 2003]

Boden, M. A. (2006). Mind as machine: A history of cognitive science (Vols. 1-2). Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press.
[BF 31 .B576 2006 Vols. 1-2]

Boring, E. G. (1950). A history of experimental psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Appleton-Century Crofts.
[BF 181 .B6 1950]

Brett, G. S. (1965). Brett's history of psychology (2nd rev. ed.). (R. S. Peters, Ed.). Cambridge, Mass., M.I.T. Press.
[BF 81 .B7 1965]

Bringmann, W. E., Luck, H. E., Miller, R., & Early, C. E. (Eds.). (1997). A pictorial history of psychology. Chicago: Quintessence.
[BF 81 .P47 1997]

Brook, A. (Ed.). (2007). The prehistory of cognitive science. Basingstoke [England]; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
[BF 311 .P739 2007]

Capshew, J. H. (1999). Psychologists on the march: Science, practice, and professional identity in America, 1929-1969. New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 108 .U5 C36 1998]

Cole, M., Levitin, K., & Luria, A. R. (2006). The autobiography of Alexander Luria: A dialogue with The Making of Mind. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 109 .L87 C65 2006]

Crabtree, A. (1988). Animal magnetism, early hypnotism, and psychical research, 1766-1925: An annotated bibliography. White Plains, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BF 1141 .C722 1988]
Note: From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry."

Cushman, P. (1995). Constructing the self, constructing America: A cultural history of psychotherapy. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
[RC 443 .C84 1995]

Danto, E. A. (2005). Freud's free clinics: Psychoanalysis and social justice, 1918-1938. New York: Columbia University Press.
[BF 173 .D365 2005]

Demorest, A. (2005). Psychology's grand theorists: How personal experiences shaped professional ideas. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 109 .A1 .D45 2005]

Dewsbury, D. A. (Ed.). (1996- ). Unification through division: Histories of the divisions of the American Psychological Association (Vols. 1-5). Washington, DC : APA.
[BF 11 .U55 1996]

Dowbiggin, I. R. (1997). Keeping America sane: Psychiatry and eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
[RA 790.5 .D69 1997]

Evans, R. B., Sexton, V. S., & Cadwallader, T. C. (Eds.). (1992). The American Psychological Association: A historical perspective. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
[BF 11 .A68 1992]

Farr, R. M. (1996). The roots of modern social psychology, 1872-1954. Oxford: Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
[HM 251 .F355 1996]

Feist, G. J. (2006). The psychology of science and the origins of the scientific mind. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[Q 177 .F45 2006]

Fuller, R., Walsh, P. N., & McGinley, P. (Eds.). (1997). A century of psychology: Progress, paradigms and prospects for the new millennium. London and New York: Routledge.
[BF 105 .C44 1997]

Goodwin, C. J. (1999). A history of modern psychology. New York: Wiley.
[BF 105 .G66 1999]

Green, C. D., & Groff, P. R. (2003). Early psychological thought: Ancient accounts of mind and soul. Westport, CT: Praeger.
[BF 91 .G74 2003]

Guthrie, R. V. (1976). Even the rat was white: A historical view of psychology (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
[BF 105 .G87]

Herman, E. (1995). The romance of American psychology: Political culture in the age of experts. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
[BF 108 .U5 H47 1995]

Hilgard, E. R. (1987). Psychology in America: A historical survey. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
[BF 108 .U5 H54 1987]

Jackson, S. W. (1999). Care of the psyche: A history of psychological healing. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[BF 637 .C6 J335 1999]

Jansz, J., & Drunen, P. V. (Eds.). (2004). A social history of psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
[BF 105 .S63 2004]

Keenan, J. P. (2003). The face in the mirror: The search for the origins of consciousness. New York: Ecco.
[BF 311 .K365 2003]

Kimble, G. A., & Schlesinger, K. (1985). Topics in the history of psychology (Vols. 1-2). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
[BF 95 .T67 1985]

Koppes, L. L. (Ed.). (2007). Historical perspectives in industrial and organizational psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum.
[HF 5548.8 .H53 2007]

Korn, J. H. (1997). Illusions of reality: A history of deception in social psychology. Albany, NY: SUNY.
[HM 251 .K552 1997]

Leahey, T. H. (2001). A history of modern psychology (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
[BF 105 .L43 2001]

Midelfort, H.C.E. (1999). A history of madness in sixteenth-century Germany. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
[RC 450 .G3 M528 1999]

Millon, T. (2004). Masters of the mind: Exploring the story of mental illness from ancient times to the new millennium. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
[RC 438 .M557 2004]

Mook, D. (2004). Classic experiments in psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
[BF 198.7 .M66 2004]

Murphy, G., & Kovach, J. K. (1972). Historical introduction to modern psychology (3d ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
[BF 95 .M8 1972]

O'Boyle, C. G. (2006). History of psychology: A cultural perspective. Mahwah, NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates.
[BF 81 .O26 2006]

Paris, J. (2005). Fall of an icon: Psychoanalysis and academic psychiatry. Toronto; Buffalo, NY: University of Toronto Press.
[RC 506 .P37 2005]

Pate, J. L., & Wertheimer, M. (Eds.). (1993). No small part: A history of regional organizations in American psychology. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 108 .U5 N6 1993]

Pickren, W. W., & Dewsbury, D. A. (Eds.). (2002). Evolving perspectives on the history of psychology. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 105 .E87 2002]

Pickren, W. E., & Schneider, S. F. (Eds.). (2005). Psychology and the National Institute of Mental Health: A historical analysis of science, practice, and policy. Washington, DC: APA.
[RA 790.6 .P77 2005]

Pillsbury, W. B. (1929). The history of psychology. New York: W. W. Norton.
[BF 81 .P5]

Popplestone, J. A., & McPherson, M. W. (1994). An illustrated history of American psychology. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.
[BF 108 .U5 P67 1994]

Puente, A. E., Matthews, J. R., & Brewer, C. L. (Eds.). (1992). Teaching psychology in America: A history. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 80.7 .U6 T43 1992]

Reed, E. S. (1997). From soul to mind: The emergence of psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
[BF 103 .R44 1997]

Reisman, J. M. (1991). A history of clinical psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Hemisphere.
[RC 466.8 .R45 1991]

Richards, G. (2002). Putting psychology in its place: A critical historical overview (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
[BF 95 .R55 2002]

Rosenzweig, S. (1994). The historic expedition to America (1909) : Freud, Jung, and Hall the king-maker, with G. Stanley Hall as host and William James as guest (2nd. rev. ed.). St. Louis : Rana House.
[BF 175 .R672 1994]

Routh, D. K. (1994). Clinical psychology since 1917: Science, practice, and organization. New York: Plenum.
[RC 466.8 .R68 1994]

Sahakian, W. S. (1982). History and systems of social psychology (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Hemisphere.
[HM 251 .S25 1982]

Scarborough, E., & Furumoto, L. (1987). Untold lives: The first generation of American women psychologists. New York: Columbia University Press.
[BF 109 .A1 S24 1987]

Sheehy, N. (2004). Fifty key thinkers in psychology. London; New York: Routledge.
[BF 109 .A1 S49 2004]

Simonton, D. K. (2002). Great psychologists and their times: Scientific insights into psychology's history. Washington, DC: APA.
[BF 109 .A1 S56 2002]

Spearman, C. E. (1937). Psychology down the ages (Vols. 1-2). New York: Macmillan.
[BF 81 .S6]

Tomlinson, S. (2005). Head masters: Phrenology, secular education, and nineteenth-century social thought. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press.
[BF 868 .T66 2005]

Vande Kemp, H. (1984). Psychology and theology in western thought, 1672-1965: A historical and annotated bibliography. Millwood, NY: Kraus.
[Ref. BL 53 .V362 1984]
Note: From the series "Bibliographies in the History of Psychology and Psychiatry."

Watson, R. I. (1968). The great psychologists from Aristotle to Freud (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott.
[BF 81 .W35 1968]

Yanni, C. (2007). The architecture of madness: Insane asylums in the United States. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
[RC 445 .Y36 2007]

Zenderland, L. (1998). Measuring minds: Henry Herbert Goddard and the origins of American intelligence testing. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press.
[BF 431 .Z46 1998]