Mass Observation and Everyday Life: Culture, History, Theory

by Nick Hubble

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.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published April 3, 2005

Reviews

[Lesley]

I'm a bit ambivalent about this book: I think it does what it does in its analysis of MO very well, but unfortunately it was not what I wanted from a study of MO in relation to my own current interests. Very much about the centre when I am more interested in the periphery.