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Worktown : the astonishing story of the birth of Mass-Observation /
- Title
- Worktown : the astonishing story of the birth of Mass-Observation / David Hall.
- Author
- Hall, David (Television producer),
- Publication
- London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xi, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white); 20 cm
- Summary
- "In the late 1930s the Lancashire town of Bolton witnessed a ground-breaking social experiment. Inspired by the leadership of the charismatic anthropologist Tom Harrison, dozens of ideaistic young men and women headed north to go people-watching. In the first project of its kind, their aim was to study the everyday lives of ordinary working people - in the pub, dance hall and factory, at work and at play..."--Publisher description.
- Alternative Title
- Work town
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Bolton
- Bolton (Greater Manchester, England) > Social conditions > 20th century
- England > Bolton (Greater Manchester)
- Gro€britannien
- Mass-Observation (Firm)
- Mass-Observation Ltd
- Ökonomische Anthropologie
- Social conditions
- Social surveys > Bolton (Greater Manchester) > History > 20th century
- Social surveys
- Sozialgeschichte
- Working class > Bolton (Greater Manchester) > History > 20th century
- Working class
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-313) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781780227801
- 1780227809
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library