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Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
Deborah Blum
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Description for Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection
Paperback. The remarkable story of how one of the twentieth century's most important and controversial psychologists revolutionized our understanding of love Num Pages: 360 pages, , black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JMQ. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 370.
In the early twentieth century, affection between parents and their children was discouraged,psychologists thought it would create needy kids, and doctors thought it would spread infectious disease. It took a revolution in psychology to overturn these beliefs and prove that touch ensures emotional and intellectual health. In Love at Goon Park, Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum charts this profound cultural shift by tracing the story of Harry Harlow,the man who studied neglect and its life-altering consequences on primates in his lab. The biography of both a man and an idea, Love at Goon Park ultimately invites us to examine ... Read more
In the early twentieth century, affection between parents and their children was discouraged,psychologists thought it would create needy kids, and doctors thought it would spread infectious disease. It took a revolution in psychology to overturn these beliefs and prove that touch ensures emotional and intellectual health. In Love at Goon Park, Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum charts this profound cultural shift by tracing the story of Harry Harlow,the man who studied neglect and its life-altering consequences on primates in his lab. The biography of both a man and an idea, Love at Goon Park ultimately invites us to examine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465026012
SKU
V9780465026012
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Ref
99-15
About Deborah Blum
Deborah Blum is the New York Times bestselling author of The Poisoner's Handbook. She also won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. Her second book, Sex on the Brain, was a New York Times Notable Book for 1997. She lives with her family in Madison, Wisconsin.
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