The Evolution of Self-Help

M. Archibald

ISBN 10: 1349369888 / ISBN 13: 9781349369881

Published by Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware -This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 204 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolution of Self-Help
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, Palgrave Macmillan US Apr 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349369888
• ISBN 13: 9781349369881
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 12D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 264 grams

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Synopsis

This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.

About the Author

MATTHEW E. ARCHIBALD is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University, USA.