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Worktown collection 1937-1940
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Worktown collection 1937-1940 [electronic resource].
Published
[1937-1940]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Title from Contents page (viewed 10 Sept. 2011)
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2011] (Mass Observation online : British social history, 1937-1972, from the University of Sussex. Update II)
Mass-Observation Archive, University of Sussex
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Summary
Between 1937 and 1940, Mass-Observation conducted a major study of the towns of Bolton (Worktown) and Blackpool (Holidaytown). People's conversations and behaviour were recorded in a variety of settings - in the street, in the pub, at dance halls and cinemas, in churches and chapels, at meetings and public events, at work in the cotton mills and on holiday in Blackpool. Bolton was selected as Worktown because it was considered representative of the principal working-class and industrial work places throughout Britain. The aim of the study was to document the broadest possible sweep of Bolton's social and political life using the technique of 'scientific observation'.
Variant and related titles
Mass Observation Worktown collection, 1937-1940
Mass observation online.
Format
Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 11, 2023
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Mass-Observation Archive.
University of Sussex.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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