'The love of a pitiable dog': Gregariousness, reciprocity and altruism in early twentieth-century British social psychology
(2015)
Book Chapter
Swanson, G. (2015). 'The love of a pitiable dog': Gregariousness, reciprocity and altruism in early twentieth-century British social psychology. In A. Harris, & T. Jones (Eds.), Love and Romance in Britain, 1918 - 1970 (161-187). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137328632
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