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Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin

by Ashley Montagu

ISBN13: 9780060960285
ISBN10: 0060960280
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With more than 300,000 copies sold, this landmark book is an impressive examination of the importance of touching. "All professionals concerned with human behavior will find something of value. . . . Parents . . . can gain insight into the nurturing needs of infants."--Janet Rhoads, American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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"Dr. Montagu has produced a fascinating analysis...which should be read by all students of human behavior."

— Loren Eiseley

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"Excellent and well-documented."

— Psychology Today

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"The mother and father of all books written on touch."

— Dr. Jules Older

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: mrst359, August 25, 2007 (view all comments by mrst359)
Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin by Ashley Montagu is the only parenting book I used to raise my two daughters. It made the experience of parenting, as a human and a mammal, a truly lovely, and loving, experience. I will be buying a copy of the book for each of them.
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ISBN:: 9780060960285
Subtitle:: The Human Significance of the Skin
Author:: Montagu, Ashley
Author:: by Ashley Montagu
Publisher:: Harper Perennial
Location:: New York :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Health
Subject:: Alternative Therapies
Subject:: Communication
Subject:: Medical sciences
Subject:: Physiological Psychology
Subject:: Diseases
Subject:: Skin
Subject:: Touch
Subject:: Skin -- Physiology.
Subject:: General Body, Mind and Spirit
Subject:: Touch -- Psychological aspects.
Edition Number:: 3
Edition Description:: Bibliography: p. 415-478.
Series Volume:: no.1. 1935
Publication Date:: September 1986
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 494
Dimensions:: 8.00x5.37x1.31 in. .88 lbs.

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