Survey of Social Science Psychology Series

by Frank N. Magill

The ‘Psychology Series’ is the second set in the ‘Survey of Social Science’. The six volumes of the ‘Psychology Series’ follow the ‘Economics Series’ (1991, five volumes) and will in turn be followed by series on sociology and on government and politics. All are designed to provide the general reader with insight into topics in the social sciences that are often accessible only to academicians and experts in the field. The ‘Survey of Social Science’ supplies information in a quickly retrievable format and easy-to-understand style, providing the nonspecialist with views of essential areas that are increasingly important to the layperson as well as the specialist.

485 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1993

About the author

Dr. Frank Northen Magill (1907-1997) was a writer and editor of distinguished reference works for over forty years.

Magill also founded the Salem Press in 1949. Magill’s expertise became so recognizable in the hundreds of volumes of reference works published by Salem Press that librarians sometimes referred to the publications as “Magill books.”

Born in Smyrna, Ga., Magill earned an undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech and a master’s degree in engineering at Columbia University. He began working as an engineer, then served as a major in the Army Air Corps during World War II. While stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, Magill read widely and conceived of a book that he titled “Masterplots.” That was the first book to be published by Salem Press, in 1949.

Eventually the company branched into history, humanities, social science and sciences. Operating offices in New York and Los Angeles, Magill earned a doctorate and taught a popular reference course at USC.