Psychology's public image in "Topics of the Times": Commentary from the editorial page of the New York Times between 1904 and 1947

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-392

  Dennis, Paul M ^a  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; UNITED STATES;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JOURNALISM; NEW YORK CITY; NEWSPAPERS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 2342647040     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.10068     Document Type: Review

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