In an insightful treatment of the early years of Jon Bowlby's life and work, Susan van Dijken sheds light on a number of events that are very much linked to the eventual creation of Attachment Theory but have not been known or been published about to date. She provides new information about Bowlby's childhood and youth, a topic he was quite reluctant to discuss in detail, whether in public or private, and yet are clearly connected to his later life and theoretical pursuits. This biographical portrait covers in great depth Bowlby's family of origin, his upbringing, schooling, and later education, his little known work with Cyril Burt, his introduction to psychoanalysis, and his involvement in some of the major events of that world. This book is an important contribution to the history of Attachment Theory and reveals how closely Bowlby's personal history is intertwines with its creation. Condition: Used, Very Good (shows some signs of age)