Worktown: The Astonishing Story Of Project That Launched Mass Observation David Hall Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Astonishing Story Of Project That Launched Mass Observation In Late 1930S Lancashire Town Bolton Witnessed A Ground-Breaking Social Experiment Over Three Years Team Ninety Observers Recorded Painstaking Detail Everyday Lives Ordinary Working People At Work And Play - Pub Dance Hall Factory On Holiday Their Aim Was To Create An \ Anthropology Ourselves\ First Its Kind It Later Grew Into Movement Proved So Crucial Our Understanding Public Opinion Future Generations Attracted Cast Larger-Than-Life Characters Not Least Founders Charismatic Unconventional Anthropologist Tom Harrisson Surrealist Intellectuals Charles Madge Humphrey Jennings They Were Joined By Disparate Band Men Women Students Artists Writers Photographers Unemployed Workers Local Volunteers Who Worked Tirelessly Turn Idle Pleasure People-Watching Science Drawing Vivid Reports Photographs First-Hand Sources David Relates Extraordinary This Eccentric Short-Lived But Hugely Influential Along Way He Creates Richly Detailed Fascinating Portrait Lost Chapter British History Life Industrial Northern Before World Changed For Ever Published Partnership With Archive University Sussex Which Holds Papers Research Organisation From 1937 Early 1950S As Well New Material Collected Continuously Since 1981 About Britain Www Massobs Org Uk @Massobsarchive Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1001 Διαστάσεις: 16 1X16 1Cm