The Nature Of Prejudice
25th Anniversary Edition
$72.99
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
21 January 1979
Summary
With profound insight into the complexities of the human experience, Harvard psychologist Gordon Allport organized a mass of research to produce a landmark study on the roots and nature of prejudice. First published in 1954, The Nature of Prejudice remains the standard work on discrimination. Now this classic study is offered in a special unabridged edition with a new introduction by Kenneth Clark of Columbia University and a new preface by Thomas Pettigrew of Harvard University. Allports c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780201001792 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0201001799 |
| Author: | Gordon Allport |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Edition: | 25th |
| Release Date: | 21 January 1979 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 142mm x 44mm |
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Critics Review
“The Nature of Prejudice is a remarkable mixture of careful scholarship and humane values … The book has influenced an entire generation of social psychologists, and deservedly so…”–Elliot Aronson, Human Nature Magazine“A profound book … As a source of study, it is a library in itself.”–Christian Herald“One of the most influential and often-cited publications in the entire field of intergroup relations.”–Irwin Katz, Political Psychology“Probably the most comprehensive study of all aspects of this problem which has yet appeared.”–Journal of Personality
About The Author
Gordon Allport
Gordon W. Allport was born in 1897 in Montezuma, Indiana. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University, did postgraduate work abroad, and returned to Harvard in 1930, where he served as professor of psychology until his death in 1967. During his lifetime, Allport served as president of both the American and Eastern Psychological Associations, director of the National Opinion Research Center, and editor of the Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology. His other books included The Psychology of Rumor, The Individual and His Religion, Personality, and Becoming.
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