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Mass-Observation and everyday life : culture, history, theory
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Title
Mass-Observation and everyday life : culture, history, theory / Nick Hubble.
ISBN
9780230503144
0230503144
1349517941
9781349517947
9781349517947
1280425458
9781280425455
1403935556
9781403935557
Published
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource. (xi, 250 pages)
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Summary
Mass-Observation was founded in 1937 & played a major role in the formation of Britain's idea of itself during the middle decades of the 20th century. This study explores the influence of social research on the development of policy & mass democracy.
Variant and related titles
Palgrave social & cultural studies collection 2005.
Other formats
Print version: Hubble, Nick, 1965- Mass-Observation and everyday life. Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 19, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-241) and index.
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Acknowlegdements
Defining Mass-Observation
A Brief History of Mass-Observation
Everyday Life and Social Transformation
Everyday Life in the Long Twentieth Century
Social Surveys: From Booth's Life and Labour of the London Poor to Kracauer's Die Angestellten and the Lynd's Middeltown
Cambridge Experiment
Letter to Oxford
British Social Anthropology
Popular Poetry and the 'Thirties'
Profane Illumination and New Objectivity; English Surrealism and British Democracy
Empson's Imaginary Solution
The Formation of Mass-Observation
Coronation Pastoral
First Year's Work
First Year's Reception
The Munich Crisis
The Lambeth Walk
Active Leadership and the Civilian Army
The Ministry of Everyday
Co-operating with the Tax Collector
Politics, Pubs, Penguins
Society in the Mind
Resumption of the People's War
Conclusion: Mass-Observation Reassessed
Bibliography and Sources
Index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
History.
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