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Lives and letters in American parapsychology

a biographical history, 1850-1987

by Arthur S Berger

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

Focus is on the major figures in the field: Richard Hodgson, James H. Hyslop, William McDougall, Walter F. Prince, J.B. Rhine, Louisa E. Rhine, J.G. Pratt, Gardner Murphy, and Laura Dale. Also included are summaries of the careers and work of 25 present-day parapsychologists, and autobiographies of Gertrude R. Schmeidler and Montague Ullman. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Parapsychology and psychical research.

  • Controlled discovery queries from harvard and wellcome matched “parapsychology”. Retained metadata contains “Parapsychology” in the title, “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata, and “Parapsychology” in the edition title.

    • parapsychology· via Harvard LibraryCloud
    • parapsychology· via Wellcome Collection
    • Parapsychology· in title
    • Parapsychology· in subject
    • Parapsychology· in edition title

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a biographical history, 1850-1987

Harvard LibraryCloud bibliographic record

x, 381 p. : ports. ; 24 cm.

1988English
  • 0899503454
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a biographical history, 1850-1987

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

x, 381 pages : portraits ; 24 cm

[1988]McFarlandEnglishCatalog record

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