{"product_id":"secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2833","title":"Secondhand History  \u0026 Culture Bargain Book Box SP2833","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSecondhand History \u0026amp; Culture Bargain Book Box SP2833\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eA richly varied Pelican box spanning linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, cybernetics, education, and European history. Norbert Wiener's foundational Cybernetics text, Noam Chomsky's Problems of Knowledge and Freedom, Erving Goffman's Asylums, Kenneth Clark's Landscape into Art, and David Crystal's Linguistics anchor a box that showcases the Pelican list at its most intellectually ambitious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col class=\"[li_\u0026amp;]:mb-0 [li_\u0026amp;]:mt-1 [li_\u0026amp;]:gap-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [\u0026amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-decimal flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society — Norbert Wiener — The mathematician's landmark account of cybernetics and its implications for human society; one of the defining texts of 20th-century scientific thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eProblems of Knowledge and Freedom — Noam Chomsky — Two lectures by the linguist and political thinker; the first on the philosophy of mind and knowledge, the second on freedom and the responsibility of intellectuals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLiteracy and Development in the West — Carlo M. Cipolla — A Pelican Original examining the history of literacy and its relationship to economic development across Western Europe; concise, original, and statistically grounded.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAn Introduction to Jung's Psychology — Frieda Fordham — A clear and accessible guide to the key ideas of C.G. Jung; the standard Pelican introduction for general readers approaching analytical psychology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eMind the Stop: A Brief Guide to Punctuation — G.V. Carey — An elegant and practical guide to English punctuation; witty, authoritative, and genuinely useful across more than half a century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePeople Power: Community and Work Groups in Action — A Pelican Original examining how community and workplace groups organise and exert collective influence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAsylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates — Erving Goffman — The sociologist's landmark study of total institutions and the damage they do to individual identity; one of the foundational texts of anti-psychiatry and social theory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSemantics — Geoffrey Leech — A Pelican Original introducing the study of meaning in language; clear, systematic, and accessible to readers with no prior background in linguistics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEngland in the Twentieth Century — David Thomson — Volume 9 of the Pelican History of England; Thomson's clear-eyed narrative of Britain's long 20th century from Edwardian confidence to postwar adjustment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLandscape into Art — Kenneth Clark — The art historian's elegant study of how European painters have seen and interpreted the natural world; one of Clark's most personal and enduring books.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eBerkeley — C.J. Warnock — A Pelican introduction to the Irish philosopher George Berkeley and his immaterialist philosophy; lucid and authoritative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA Book of English Essays — Edited by W.E. Williams — A Pelican anthology drawing on the great tradition of English essay writing from Bacon to the 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eSocial Anthropology in Perspective — I.M. Lewis — A clear and authoritative introduction to social anthropology covering its methods, history, and major concerns; Lewis was one of the discipline's most distinguished practitioners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eEthics — P.H. Nowell-Smith — A rigorous yet accessible Pelican introduction to moral philosophy; examines the language and logic of ethical reasoning with clarity and care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003ePhonetics — J.D. O'Connor — A Pelican Original introducing the sounds of English and the science of their production and description; the standard accessible text for a generation of students.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eLinguistics — David Crystal — Crystal's clear and authoritative introduction to the science of language; covers all major areas of linguistics with the accessibility that made Crystal the field's most trusted populariser.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eFantasy and Feeling in Education — Richard M. Jones — A Pelican Original examining the role of fantasy and emotional experience in the learning process; a contribution to humanistic education theory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eA History of the English People (1) — Elie Halévy — The first volume of the French historian's monumental study of English society and politics from 1815; a classic of European historical scholarship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eAztecs of Mexico — G.C. Vaillant — A thorough and accessible account of Aztec civilisation from its origins through the Spanish conquest; one of the foundational English-language studies of Mesoamerican culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Continental Renaissance 1500–1600 — Edited by A.J. Krailsheimer — A volume in the Pelican Guide to European Literature surveying the literature of the continental Renaissance; essays on French, Italian, Spanish, German, and other national traditions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2\"\u003eThe Church and the Age of Reason (1648–1789) — G.R. Cragg — Volume Four of the Pelican History of the Church; Cragg traces the relationship between Christianity and the Enlightenment with scholarship and clarity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48834938175707,"sku":"SP2833","price":120.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/sp2833.jpg?v=1780436106","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/secondhand-history-culture-bargain-book-box-sp2833","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}