Out of the burning house : political socialization in the age of affluence

Hobbs, Sandy (author.). Thompson, Willie (Added Author).

Summary: This unique collaboration, between a Marxist historian and behaviourist psychologist, is a vivid picture of the cultural milieu they experienced at Aberdeen University, and of social forces often overlooked in histories of the time: Scientific Humanism, The New Left, and precursors of the Women's Liberation Movement. As students together in the MacMillan Era, they shared an attachment to socialist, secular and scientific values. Like Brecht, they saw those unwilling to commit to revolutionar ...

Record details

ISBN: 9781283142946
ISBN: 1283142945
ISBN: 144383047X
ISBN: 9781443830478
ISBN: 1443828580
ISBN: 9781443828581
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 166 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; TIMELINE; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.