Penguins on the Couch : Penguin Books and the Psychologization of Britain, c.1945–c.1980

Name: Penguins on the Couch
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009487566
Price: 2500 KES
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ISBN: 9781009487566

by Gavin Miller

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

ISBN-10 1009487566

ISBN-13 9781009487566

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 30th, 2026

Print length 75 Pages

Product Classification: Psychology Publishing industry & book trade Publishing and book trade Psychiatry Psychiatry

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Covering a period from the mid-1940s to around 1980, Penguins on the Couch shows how psychological ideas were filtered and shaped by the inner life of Penguin Books as a commercial publisher with a commitment to professionalism, public education, and progressive politics.

Penguin Books' extensive and affordable non-fiction list brought psychological ideas to a mass-market British readership. Even modestly successful titles sold thousands of copies per annum, while best sellers could sell hundreds of thousands over their lifetime. Covering a period from the mid-1940s to around 1980, Penguins on the Couch shows how psychological ideas were filtered and shaped by the inner life of Penguin Books as a commercial publisher with a commitment to professionalism, public education, and progressive politics. Penguin supplied and built a market for psychological knowledge in an era when these ideas were increasingly important – in clinical settings, in childcare and education, in progressive politics, and in the need to make sense of one's life as an autonomous individual.

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