Britain by Mass-Observation.
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R007255 Ned. Fotomuseum $T HARRISSON.T 1939
TitleBritain by Mass-Observation.
Edition[editie] 1986 pb ed.
Photographer
Iconographic keywords
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherThe Cresset Library
Year of publication1939
Pagination248
Illustrationsb&w
DimensionsA5
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
Bibliographic Notespb;
SubjectGeschiedenis van de fotografie: GB (Groot-Britannië), Mass Observation, GB (1938), Foto als historisch document, Sociologie en fotografie, Werkende klasse fotografie
Geographical keywordGroot-Brittannië
Abstract
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Set up in the 1930s to study everyday life in Britain, Mass-Observation relied on over 2000 voluntary 'observers' from all over the country to produce a popular sociology - by and for the people. Observers sat in pubs, travelled on buses, visited homes, shops and factories, recording what they saw and heard. "Britain", their first book, is amarvellous quirky, vivid portrait of everyday life in the '30s Britain.
Humphrey Spender's startlingly powerful photographs, all taken for the Mass-Observation, are included for the first time in this edition.
Set up in the 1930s to study everyday life in Britain, Mass-Observation relied on over 2000 voluntary 'observers' from all over the country to produce a popular sociology - by and for the people. Observers sat in pubs, travelled on buses, visited homes, shops and factories, recording what they saw and heard. "Britain", their first book, is amarvellous quirky, vivid portrait of everyday life in the '30s Britain.
Humphrey Spender's startlingly powerful photographs, all taken for the Mass-Observation, are included for the first time in this edition.
| Copy number | R007255 |
| Institution name | |
| Shelf mark | $T HARRISSON.T 1939 |