Vintage Pelican Books

Boris Ford - The Modern Age (Pelican Guide to English Literature - Volume 7 )

This edition ( the last chronologically of 7 in the series ) covers the 20th century, the rise of modernism in literature, the impact of global literature, as well as key essays on notable figures, novels, movements in novels, poetry, literary criticism...

Alfred Cobban - A History of France 1715-1799 & A History of Modern France 1799-1945( Vintage Pelican PB ) 2 Book Vintage Pelican

Cobban's narrative commences with the death in 1715 of Louis XIV after 54 years of personal rule. Louis XIV had used those five decades to perfect a system of absolutist monarchy and to exert French power and influence throughout the continent of Europe...

Thomson, Robert - The Pelican History of Psychology - Vintage PB 1974 ( Originally 1968)

A general history , outlining the birth of psychology in the 19th century, the impact of major thinkers - German, British and French - and of key figures such as Jung and Freud .  Light edgewear only, internally unmarked. 

de Paor, Liam - Divided Ulster - 2nd Edition Pelican PB 1972 - Northern Ireland

First published as a Penguin Special in 1970, this is the revised and expanded second edition from 1972, one of the darkest years of Northern Irish history.  from the blurb - ''In this skilful and perceptive analysis he takes us through the long...

Milton, David & Schurmann , Franz ( Editors) - People's China : China Readings 4 ) 1966-1972 - Vintage Pelican PB

Published by Penguin pelican. 1977, subtitled Social Experimentation, politics, Entry onto the World Scene - 1966-1972.  A period of ( sometimes disastrous) social change in China - The Cultural Revolution, various economic plans and China's entry...