Bringing Freud to America: Publishers, Pirates and the Popularization of His Ideas

by Michael Edmonds

In 1900, hardly anyone in America had heard of Sigmund Freud, but by 1920 nearly everyone had. This is the story of the translators, editors, journalists, publishers, promoters and booksellers who first brought Freud to American readers. They included scientists and scoundrels, reckless risk-takers and buttoned-down businessmen, puritans and libertines, anarchists and capitalists, passionate freedom fighters and racist bigots. "American publishers,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476692238
• ISBN13: 9781476692234
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 226 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up