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Book Description 22.5 x 14.5cms, 356pp, fine hardcover & dsutwrapper Blainey argues that the West has undergone a seesaw of optimistic and pessimistic attitudes and activities. He claims this 'seesaw as an indicator of the condition of the swestern world and is especially vital during a long period of relative peace between western nations. it helps to explain a clash of idas and attitudes which otherwise remain a puzzle'. The extremes arelove of nature and love of technology. Seller Inventory # 114347
Book Description Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 355 pp. Includes keywords and definitions, acknowledgements, notes and index. Clean and bright in a tight binding, an excellent copy. Seller Inventory # 004194
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second impression. "An argument for the existence of a mental see saw which in the last 250 years has affected a wide range of human attitudes and activities. When the see saw tilts to extreme optimism or pessimism, all kinds of attitudes, normally seen as unconnected, move too. A variety of intellectual activities and movements are partly under the sway of the seesaw, but its powerful influence is rarely noticed. A knowledge of the see saw helps to explain events that seem as far apart as the oil crisis of the 1970s and the counter culture of the 1960s, the high confidence of the mid-nineteenth century and the Cult of the Noble Savage in the era of Rousseau and Captain Cook. The author argues that the present economic crisis has close links with the see saw, though the see saw itself is more than an economic mechanism." (publisher's blurb. Seller Inventory # 016976
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 355 pages. The page edges are moderately foxed and tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm). Seller Inventory # 148440