War Begins at Home Mass Observation social surveys Mass Observation 9780571251124 Books
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Mass Observation was founded by Tom Harrisson, Charles Madge and Humphrey Jennings in 1937. Its purpose was to create 'an anthropology of ourselves' in other words, to study the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. Discounting an initial pamphlet, this was the fourth book to be published. It appears in Faber Finds as a part of an extensive reissue programme of the original Mass Observation titles. War Begins at Home, originally published in 1940, covers the first four months of the Second World War, in other words, the beginning of the 'Phoney War', the war in Britain before the Dunkirk evacuation, the fall of France and the Blitz. A diversity of subjects are anatomized. To quote from the original jacket. 'The impact of the blackout. The ritual of gas-masks. Air raid neurosis. Blimp reassurance. The collapse of the football pools. The drought of news, and how people were affected. The mentality of A. R. P. wardens. Class-conflict of evacuation, the great 'paper experiment'. The red poster fiasco. The ministry of Information. How jazz has cashed in. How sport has cashed out. The Daily Express v. the Co-ops. Saving v. Spending. The difference between public and private opinion. The difference between the leader and the led. The neglect of civilian morale.' What is created is a sort of 'war barometer' (to use the expression coined by Tom Harrisson and Charles Madge), and a unique slice of social history.
War Begins at Home Mass Observation social surveys Mass Observation 9780571251124 Books
I studied Modern Languages at university, but often found myself taking seemingly random book s out of the library, and this was one of them.What appealed to me about this book is how it provides a very honest snapshot of what life was like in Britain during the Phoney War. History has, on the whole, provided us with a rather saccharine view, Cockneys pulling together in Underground stations; camaraderie, making do, etc, but the conclusions drawn by the authors from Mass Observation diaries paint a very different story. For example, with the blackout preventing people from going out in the evenings, and people becoming bored and irritable stuck indoors; an analysis of the government posters urging people not to worry. There is considerably more, but it has been over 15 years since i last had a chance to read it.
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War Begins at Home Mass Observation social surveys Mass Observation 9780571251124 Books Reviews
I studied Modern Languages at university, but often found myself taking seemingly random book s out of the library, and this was one of them.
What appealed to me about this book is how it provides a very honest snapshot of what life was like in Britain during the Phoney War. History has, on the whole, provided us with a rather saccharine view, Cockneys pulling together in Underground stations; camaraderie, making do, etc, but the conclusions drawn by the authors from Mass Observation diaries paint a very different story. For example, with the blackout preventing people from going out in the evenings, and people becoming bored and irritable stuck indoors; an analysis of the government posters urging people not to worry. There is considerably more, but it has been over 15 years since i last had a chance to read it.
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