Mass-Observation at the Movies

by Jeffrey Richards and Dorothy Sheridan

Book Overview

The Mass Observation social research organisation (1937 to early 1950s), a pioneering independent effort aimed at education, specialised in material about everyday life in Britain and recorded material through a panel of around 500 volunteer observers who maintained diaries or replied to open-ended questionnaires known as directives.

The collection of papers on film is one of the largest collections on a single theme produced by Mass-Observation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415727413
• ISBN13: 9780415727419
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"