Abstract: . . .  psychoanalysis Page 1 Q Q Q u u u a a a r r r t t t e e e r r r l l l y y y J J J o o o u u u r r r n n n a a a l l l o o o f f f I I I d d d e e e o o o l l l o o o g g g y y y A Critique of Conventional Wisdom An electronic journal at: www.lsus.edu/la/journals/ideology A Reassessment of Middle Class Demand as an Explanation for the Rise of Psychoanalysis in America John J. Leveille, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington ABSTRACT Historians often claim that psychoanalysis grew in America in the early twentieth century . . .
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