{"product_id":"therapeutic-revolutions-medicine-psychiatry-and-american-culture-19451970-9780813560656","title":"Therapeutic Revolutions Medicine Psychiatry and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin Halliwell offers fresh and inventive insights into the postwar period, showing mastery over an amazing range of material to demonstrate how fully the therapeutic triumphed in American culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e -- Stephen Whitfield * author of The Culture of the Cold War *\u003cbr\u003e\"Following varied terms of health and illness, mind and body, through successive changes in the healing arts, Halliwell shows the postwar 'triumph of the therapeutic' in a wholly new light.\" -- Howard Brick * Louis Evans Professor of History University of Michigan *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTherapeutic Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e makes a very good read. It should be on the reading list of every scholar concerned with postwar America, especially with the nature of therapeutic culture.\" * Reviews in American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"Martin Halliwell’s \u003ci\u003eTherapeutic Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e traces the major post-World War II transformations in medicine and psychiatry through the lens of popular culture. To accomplish this ambitious goal, he uses an immense number of sources that include movies, novels, poetry, television shows, popular music, magazine stories, and government and foundation reports, as well as scholarly books, articles, ethnographies, and Ph.D. theses ... The strengths of this book stem from Halliwell’s comprehensive analysis of an astonishing array of diffuse material.\" * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *\u003cbr\u003e\"When it comes to changes and culture, Halliwell knows his subject area. Throughout the book, he reveals his deep and thorough understanding of these diverse events as they evolved in the developing 'therapeutic revolutions.' He does so through a careful analysis of the writings of the period's therapeutic authorities, integrated with abundant examples from American popular culture. Throughout the book, Halliwell convincingly shows that the variables—events, popular culture, and postwar therapies—emerged as interdependent constructions.\" * H-Disability, H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Therapeutic Revolutions of Postwar America Part One   Fragmentation: 1945– 1953\u003cbr\u003e   1 Going Home: World War II and Demobilization   2 In the Noir Mirror: Neurosis, Aggression, and Disguise    3 Ground Zero: Science, Medicine, and the Cold WarPart Two   Organization: 1953–1961    4 Organization Men: Individualism Versus Incorporation   5 In the Family Circle: The Suburban Medicine Cabinet   6 Outside the Circle: Growing Pains, Delinquency, and SexualityPart Three   Reorganization: 1961–1970    7 Institutions of Care and Oppression: Another America Speaks    8 The Human Face of Therapy: Humanistic and Existential Trends    9 Counterculture: Dissent, Drugs, and Holistic Communities Conclusion: Beyond the Two Cultures?","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405783474519,"sku":"9780813560656","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813560656.jpg?v=1730493602","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/therapeutic-revolutions-medicine-psychiatry-and-american-culture-19451970-9780813560656","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}