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History and Human Survival: Essays on the Young and Old, Survivors and the Dead, Peace and War, and on Contemporary Psychohistory
by Lifton, Robert Jay and Markusen, Eric
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- Hardcover
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U.S.A: Random House, 1970. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Psychology Today Book Club Edition. Out-of-Print Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in NEAR FINE Condition. Black brushed cloth binding with bold and bright gilt titles on spine, blind stamped author initials on front, in title panel; very clean and unmarked, no edgewear; binding tight and solid. Page block top edge with publisher's green stain, faded into yellowish towards spine. . Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Internals areas new. Jacket is clean, unmarked, no edgewear, flap is creased. Essays, in four sections: "Emergent Youth: The Japanese Example"; "On Survivors"; "Deceptions of War and Peace"; and "On Contemporary Man and Woman". Lifton writes about the survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the personality and psychological processes of revolution in China,and women and young people as contemporary forces in social history. 404 pages with Notes and Index. 8.6 x 5.75 inches. Random House, New York, 1970.
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- Title
- History and Human Survival: Essays on the Young and Old, Survivors and the Dead, Peace and War, and on Contemporary Psychohistory
- Author
- Lifton, Robert Jay and Markusen, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HIROSHIMA CHINA, REVOLUTION HISTORY, SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
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