Identities and social change in Britain since 1940 : the politics of method / Mike Savage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Savage, Michael, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Social change.

Group identity--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Group identity.

Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--20th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Identities and Social Change in Britain since 1940 examines how, between 1940 and 1970 British society was marked by the imprint of the academic social sciences in profound ways which have an enduring legacy on how we see ourselves. It focuses on how interview methods and sample surveys eclipsed literature and the community study as a means of understanding ordinary life. The book shows that these methods were part of a wider remaking of British national identity in theaftermath of decolonisation in which measures of the rational, managed nation eclipsed literary and romantic ones. It also lin

Contents:

Contents; 2002: Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1962: Introduction; 1. 2005 to 1938: Lifting Social Groups Out of the Landscape; PART I: TECHNICAL IDENTITIES AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE; 2. 1938: The British Intellectual and Highbrow Culture; 3. 1954: The Challenge of Technical Identity; 4. 1940: The Resurgence of Gentlemanly Expertise in Post-war Britain; 5. 1962: The Moment of Sociology; PART II: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE APPARATUS; 6. 1956: The End of Community: The Quest for the English Middletown

7. 1951: The Interview and the Melodrama of Social Mobility8. 1941: The Sample Survey and the Modern Rational Nation; PART III: POPULAR IDENTITIES AND SOCIAL CHANGE; 9.1948 to 1962: The Remaking of Social Class Identities; Conclusion 2009: The Politics of Method; Appendix: Manuscript sources consulted; Bibliography; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Place Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bi bliographical references (p. [255]-271) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-161527-7

0-19-958766-3

1-282-75968-X

9786612759680

0-19-158293-X

OCLC:

667231136