Nine wartime lives : mass-observation and the making of the modern self / James Hinton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hinton, James.

Contributor:

Mass-Observation (Project : 1937-1960?)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.

World War, 1939-1945--Biography.

World War, 1939-1945--Women--Great Britain--Biography.

Autonomy (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Nine Wartime Lives, James Hinton uses diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain to re-evaluate the social history of the Second World War, and to reflect on the twentieth-century making of the modern self. These diaries were written by some of the unusually self-reflective and public-spirited people who agreed to write intimate journals about their daily activity for the social research organisation, Mass Observation. One of the nine diarists discussed is Nella Last, whose published diaries have been a source of delight and fascination for many thousands of readers. Alongsid

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Nella Last: Nation before husband; 3. Gertrude Glover: Moral guardian; 4. Mary Clayton: Bombed out and keeping going; 5. Eleanor Humphries: Serving genius; 6. Lillian Rogers: Birmingham flaneuse; 7. Ernest van Someren: The good life; 8. Denis Argent: Between the acts; 9. The Waltons: A democratic marriage; 10. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-960515-7

9786612383649

0-19-157343-4

1-282-38364-7

OCLC:

536239537