Susan Isaacs

Front matter

A Life Freeing the Minds of Children

A Life Freeing the Minds of Children

Second edition

Contents

Acknowledgements vii Preface ix Preface to Second Edition xv Introduction xvii 1. Damaged Roots 1 2. Our Star Student 25 3. An Academic Marriage 43 4. Finding A Place on the Couch 63 5. The Malting House School: A Dream Becomes Reality 93 6. Rise and Fall of The Malting House School 111 7. Resurfacing 139 8. Settled on the Couch 161 9. The Wisdom of Ursula Wise 185 10. Teaching the Teachers 211 11. Psychoanalysis in the 1930s: Building up to War 231 12. Battling for the Minds of Children 259 13. Legacies 287 14. Postscript 313 References 333

Index 347

Acknowledgements

Preface to Second Edition

Before agreeing to publish a revised edition of my 2009 biography of Susan Isaacs, Open Books Publishers asked two experts, one in the field of the history of education and the other in the field of the history of psychoanalysis to review the book and make suggestions regarding a revision. The reviewers made a number of most helpful suggestions as to how the book could be brought up to date by considering recent relevant material. In the postscript to this section, I have taken account of these suggestions and incorporated other recent material.

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