Overview

In 1900, hardly anyone in America had heard of Sigmund Freud, but by 1920, with his books translated and distributed widely in the country, 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,"" Freud wrote to one colleague, ""are a dangerous breed."" Elsewhere he called them rascals, liars, swindlers, crooks, and pirates. Here are accounts of their drunken parties, political crusades, questionable business practices, criminal prosecutions, shameless marketing, and blatant plagiarism. There's even a suicide and a murder. And lots of sex (it's a book about Freud, after all). Ideas that Freud introduced or promoted are woven so tightly into our daily lives today that, like gravity or air, we hardly notice them. This book, based on hundreds of unpublished records, explains how they first took root in American minds more than a century ago.

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Author:   Michael Edmonds
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
ISBN:  

9781476692234

ISBN 10:   1476692238
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   31 May 2024
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Table of ContentsIntroduction: ""No ideas but in things"" Timeline People Publishers  1. Anarchists and Alienists, 1882–1900  2. Jelliffe's and White's Medical Monographs, 1908–1917  3. Freud's Lectures at Clark University, 1909  4. The Mainstream Press Discovers Freud, 1910–1912  5. George Brett Puts Freud into Bookstores, 1913–1914  6. Freud Among the Bohemians, 1914–1918  7. Dr. William Robinson, Crusader and Crank, 1915  8. Moffat, Yard and Co. Capitalize on the ""New Psychology,"" 1915–1918  9. Freud Among the Censors 10. Horace Liveright Bets on Freud, 1920–1924 11. André Tridon, Boldest of the Pirates, 1921 12. Freud in the Modern Library, 1924 and After Epilogue: Freud's Books at ­Mid-Century Appendix: First American Editions of Freud, 1900–1924 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index"

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Michael Edmonds is a writer, teacher, and historian based in Madison, Wisconsin. His previous books on history, nature, and folklore explore how ideas have moved through time and space in oral, printed, and digital forms. His work has won national awards from the American Folklore Society, the American Association for State and Local History, and the American Library Association.

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