{"product_id":"9780230600379","title":"The Evolution of Self-Help","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Evolution of Self-Help\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eArchibald, M.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2008-04-09\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780230600379\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230609624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 216cm x140cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 187\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47677221142668,"sku":"9780230600379","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780230600379.jpg?v=1776554800","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780230600379","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}