| Acknowledgments | |
| Preface | |
| Sigmund Freud, Sexual Freedom, and Social Reform | p. 1 |
| Freudian Theory | p. 3 |
| Fame, Occultism, and Cocaine | p. 7 |
| Sexual Freedom | p. 13 |
| Social Reform | p. 18 |
| Freudianism in New York | p. 22 |
| The Rise of Sex, the Fall of Freud | p. 34 |
| Race, Immigration, and the Nature-Nurture Debate | p. 39 |
| Franz Boas versus the Anglo Elite | p. 40 |
| "Lo, the Poor Nordic!" | p. 47 |
| The Freudianization of Nature and Nurture | p. 55 |
| The Sexual Politics of Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead | p. 60 |
| Margaret Mead | p. 64 |
| Benedict and Mead Take Up the Fight | p. 69 |
| Freudian Theory with a Grass Skirt | p. 75 |
| Hitler's Resolution of the Nature-Nurture Debate | p. 84 |
| Nazi Eugenics | p. 88 |
| The Marriage of Freud and Marx | p. 91 |
| The Final Solution | p. 100 |
| Postwar Propagation of the Freudian Faith | p. 104 |
| The Divorce of Freud and Marx | p. 107 |
| The Rise and Fall of "Diaperology" | p. 111 |
| The Media Discovers the New Freud | p. 117 |
| Star of Stage, Screen, and Radio | p. 121 |
| Freud in the Nurseries | p. 128 |
| John Watson and His Periscope | p. 130 |
| Benjamin Spock: The Perils of the Potty Chair | p. 132 |
| Baby and Child Care | p. 135 |
| Was Spock Permissive? | p. 139 |
| Freud in the Classroom | p. 143 |
| Freud in Jails and Prisons | p. 147 |
| Healy, Glueck, and White | p. 148 |
| The Leopold and Loeb Murder Case: The Treachery of a Teddy Bear | p. 152 |
| Karl Menninger | p. 157 |
| From William Healy to Richard Herrin and Willie Horton | p. 164 |
| Philosopher Queen and Psychiatrist Kings: The Freudianization of America | p. 173 |
| Margaret Mead, Ex Cathedra | p. 175 |
| Marcuse, Goodman, and Brown | p. 178 |
| The American Intellectual Elite | p. 184 |
| Freud and the Democratic Party | p. 188 |
| Mental Health in the Great Society | p. 192 |
| Freud in the Universities | p. 196 |
| Freud in the Publishing Industry | p. 199 |
| Freud in the Film Industry | p. 201 |
| Freud Goes to Esalen | p. 203 |
| McFreud in America | p. 207 |
| The Scientific Basis of Freudian Theory | p. 214 |
| Direct Tests of the Freudian Theory | p. 215 |
| Indirect Tests of the Freudian Theory | p. 221 |
| Evidence for Genetic Determinants of Personality | p. 224 |
| Evidence for Non-Genetic Determinants of Personality | p. 227 |
| The Nature-Nurture Question Revisited | p. 231 |
| Freudian Theory and Phrenology | p. 236 |
| An Audit of Freud's American Account | p. 240 |
| The Ironies of Freudian America | p. 240 |
| Freud's Credits: The Unconscious, Humanism, and Psychotherapy | p. 245 |
| Freud's Debits: Narcissism, Irresponsibility, Denigration of Women, and Misallocated Resources | p. 247 |
| Freudian Theory as Religion | p. 254 |
| Appendix A: An Analysis of Freudian Influence on America's Intellectual Elite | p. 259 |
| Appendix B: Is Toilet Training Related to "Anal" Personality Traits? A Summary of 26 Research Studies | p. 265 |
| Notes | p. 279 |
| Index | p. 353 |
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