{"product_id":"the-lost-boys-gina-perry-9781947534605","title":"The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigative history of one of social psychology's classic--and most controversial--studies: the Robbers Cave experiment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1954, a group of American boys attended a remote summer camp where they were split into two groups, and encouraged to bully, harass, and demonize each other. The results would make history as one of social psychology's classic studies, and one of the most controversial: the Robbers Cave experiment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConducted at the height of the Cold War, the experiment officially had a happy ending: the boys reconciled, and psychologist Muzafer Sherif demonstrated that while hatred and violence are powerful forces, so too are cooperation and harmony. Today it is proffered as proof that under the right conditions warring groups can make peace. Yet the true story of the experiments is far more complex, and more chilling. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Boys\u003c\/em\u003e, Gina Perry explores the experiment and its consequences, tracing the story of Sherif, a troubled outsider who struggled to craft an experiment that would vanquish his personal demons. Drawing on both on archival material and new interviews with the subjects, now in their 70s and none aware that the summer camps they'd attended had in fact been experimental ruses, Perry pieces together a story of drama, mutiny, and intrigue that has never been told before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gina Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947534602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947534605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 137","brand":"Gina Perry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991275766015,"sku":"9781947534605","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bbe75f56-4eee-4d19-9cd4-a9e66bc81062.jpg?v=1683309373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-boys-gina-perry-9781947534605","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}