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  • May the Twelfth

    Mass Observation Day Survey

    Series Libro 1 - Mass Observation social surveys
    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 first book to be published. It appears in Faber Finds as a part of an extensive reissue programme of the original Mass Observation ... Leer más

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  • Britain

    Series Libro 3 - Mass Observation social surveys
    Britain, although not the first Mass Observation title, was the one that made its name. Britain was published as Penguin Special and is reported as selling over 100, 000 in ten days. It was published in January 1939, and seventy years on Faber Finds are reissuing it.The aim of Mass Observation was to create 'an anthropology of ourselves', to provide a study of everyday lives of ordinary people in ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • The Pub and the People

    A Worktown Study

    Series Libro 6 - Mass Observation social surveys
    Mass Observation was founded in 1937 with the aim of researching the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. One of its best-loved publications is The Pub and the People (1943), a unique study of one of Britain's best-loved pastimes, describing how people behaved in pubs, what and how much they drank, and the decor and layout of the average pre-war alehouse. Alongside sociological interest ... Leer más

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  • First Year's Work, 1937-1938

    Series Libro 2 - Mass Observation social surveys
    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 second book to be published. It appears in Faber Finds as a part of an extensive reissue programme of the original Mass ... Leer más

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  • The Times Great Letters

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