Ruling minds : psychology in the British empire / Erik Linstrum.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Laboratory in the Field: Inventing Imperial Psychology -- A Dream Dictionary for the World: The Globalization of the Unconscious -- Meritocracy or Master Race? The Origins of Mental Testing in the British Empire -- Square Pegs and Round Holes: Aptitude Testing in the Barracks and Beyond -- The Truth about Hearts and Minds: Development and Counterinsurgency in the Postwar Empire -- Psychology beyond Empire: Global Expertise and the Postcolonial Mind.