Inventing personality : Gordon Allport and the science of selfhood / Ian A.M. Nicholson.

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2003], ©2003.

x, 301 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-282) and index.

"Fine character and splendid ideals" : Allport's early years (1897-1915) -- A new world : Harvard (1915-1919) -- The missionary life : Robert College, Constantinople (1919-1920) -- A science of personality : graduate school (1920-1922) -- A psychology of the spirit : Germany and England (1922-1924) -- Constructing a category : personality psychology at Harvard and Dartmouth (1924-1930) -- The politics of moderation : personality psychology at Harvard (1930-1936) -- Personality and social crisis (1937-1938).