Crowds, Psychology, and Politics, 1871-1899

by Jaap van Ginneken

Jaap van Ginneken's study explores the social and intellectual history of the emergence of the field of crowd psychology in the late nineteenth century in France and Italy. Both the popular work of the French physician LeBon, considered the father of this field, and his predecessors are shown to be influenced and closely connected with the dramatic events and academic debates of their day. Although LeBon is generally thought of as the creator of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032490
• ISBN13: 9780521032490
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"