Culture, History, Theory
Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 426 g
ISBN: 978-1-4039-3555-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
The social-research organization Mass-Observation was founded in 1937. In this book, the true extent and significance of Mass-Observation's unique role in the formation of postwar Britain's idea of itself through the examination of everyday life across the long twentieth century. An excellent guide to Mass-Observation and the period generally, this scholarly work also provides surprising insights into the role social research has played in the development of policy and mass democracy.
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List of Abbreviations Acknowlegdements INTRODUCTION: THE MASS-OBSERVATION PROJECT Defining Mass-Observation A Brief History of Mass-Observation Everyday Life and Social Transformation PART 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 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 PART 2: THE SPACE OF FORMER HEAVEN Cambridge Experiment Letter to Oxford British Social Anthropology Popular Poetry and the 'Thirties' PART 3: THE INTELLECTUALS AND THE MASSES Profane Illumination and New Objectivity; English Surrealism and British Democracy Empson's Imaginary Solution PART 4: EARLY MASS-OBSERVATION The Formation of Mass-Observation Coronation Pastoral PART 5: BRITAIN BEGINS AT HOME First Year's Work First Year's Reception The Munich Crisis The Lambeth Walk PART 6: THE MOBILISATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE Active Leadership and the Civilian Army The Ministry of Everyday Co-operating with the Tax Collector PART 7: THE DEMOBILISATION OF EVERYDAY LIFE Politics, Pubs, Penguins Society in the Mind Resumption of the People's War Conclusion: Mass-Observation Reassessed Bibliography and Sources Index
