10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MASS OBSERVATION»
Discover the use of
mass observation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mass observation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wartime Women: A
Mass-
Observation Anthology 1937-45
Based upon the astonishingly rich archives left over from the mass-observation surveillance set up in 1937, this anthology of women's writings reveals how social attitudes were irrevocably altered by women's experiences in World War Two.
2
Mass Observation and Everyday Life: Culture, History, Theory
'an excellent appreciation of Tom Harrisson and his fellow Mass Observation co-founders.'ù History Workshop Journal --
3
We Europeans?:
Mass-
Observation, 'Race' and British Identity ...
We Europeans is the first book-length study of the original mass observation project, and is also the first detailed historical study of the formation of ordinary people's 'racial' attitudes in Britain.
Antony Robin Jeremy Kushner, 2004
4
The Pub and the People: A Worktown Study
As the title indicates the book is in two parts: the pub: the people. The Pub has four chapters: The Pub: The Drink: Drink-Servers: Drinking Places.
5
Gillian Wearing:
mass observation
Spanning the years 1992 to 2002 this heavily illustrated monograph represents an up-to-date survey of the work of Gillian Wearing, winner of the 1997 Turner Prize.
Dominic Molon, Gillian Wearing, Barry Schwabsky, 2002
6
Nine Wartime Lives:
Mass Observation and the Making of the ...
Consistently sensitive, thoughtful and often moving, this beautifully written book resists nostalgic contrasts between the presumed dutiful citizenship of wartime Britain and contemporary anti-social individualism, pointing instead to ...
7
Mass-
Observation Archive: Papers from the
Mass-
Observation ...
These microfilms contain the papers and publications that were the product of a project to study the sociological history of the people of Britain from 1937-1945 and beyond.
Tom Harrisson, Mass-Observation, 2000
8
First Year's Work, 1937-1938
Discounting an initial pamphlet, this was the second book to be published. It appears in Faber Finds as a part of an extensive reissue programme of the original Mass Observation titles.
9
May the Twelfth:
Mass Observation Day Survey
Discounting an initial pamphlet, this was the first book to be published. It appears in Faber Finds as a part of an extensive reissue programme of the original Mass Observation titles.
On publication the book's importance was quickly spotted. The New Statesman described the book as the 'first coherent and serious study' of a wartime industrial community lodged in the middle of the countryside.
Mass Observation Staff, Tom Harrisson, 2011
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MASS OBSERVATION»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mass observation is used in the context of the following news items.
Oxford student driven crazy by the Blitz and went on a gun rampage
An investigator for the wartime Mass Observation Project noted after visiting one of London's busiest Underground station shelters that almost ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
How the Blitz started Britain's 'sexual revolution'
And a Mass Observation report from one of London's largest shelters asserted that 'prolonged observation, night after night' had revealed ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
The Big Read: Waiting for terror - The plan for the next 7/7
... like this one from Nina Masel, a young employee of social research organisation Mass Observation, during heavy raids in September 1940:. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
Bookseller Jean Lucey Pratt's diaries to be published
... which featured Pratt's anonymous submissions to the Mass Observation Archive, which specialises in material about everyday life in Britain. «The Bookseller, Jul 15»
Two books that Labour's next leader must read
Taking Mass Observation as the source for the snapshot of genuine attitudes at the time, Kynaston is able to avoid the pitfalls of modern opinion ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
No ordinary diaries: the passionate and romantic world of Jean …
She was a pseudonymous star of the twentieth century Mass Observation project. Now the journals kept by a bookshop keeper are to be ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
How our view of what makes us happy has changed in 80 years
In 1938 Mass Observation placed an advertisement in the the Bolton Evening News asking readers to answer the question 'What is happiness? «The British Psychological Society, May 15»
VE Day 70th anniversary: How ordinary Britons celebrated the end …
... sociological-cum-anthropological organisation Mass Observation ... just before it began, a Mass Observation investigator slipped into her ... «The Independent, May 15»
What made us happy 80 years ago isn't what makes us happy today
In 1938, Mass Observation placed a small advertisement in the Bolton Evening News in Bolton, England, asking readers to respond to the ... «Deseret News, May 15»
Artists recreate famous Worktown Mass Observation project
In a project inspired by the groundbreaking Mass Observation Project, a Worktown Observation Centre has been established and has been ... «The Bolton News, Aug 14»
