Mass-Observation; ed. Tom Harrisson
War Factory, a Report
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this popular survey which explores the industrial problems caused by the Second World War. This survey specifically explores the social, political and military effect of the industrial output during the war effort.Written by Mass-Observation, a social research programme which ran between 1937 and the mid 1960s before a revival at the start of the 1980s. Created by three graduates of Cambridge: anthropologist Tom Harrisson, who edited this volume, filmmaker Humphrey Jennings and Charles Madge, a poet. They utilised five hundred volunteers to observe the population, either using diaries or questionnaires, and were influential during the War, when they criticised the Ministry of Information's posters which led to their replacement.A fascinating piece of wartime history. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely, with very slight fading to the spine. Dust wrapper is a little sunned to the spine, with the odd chip to the head and tail of the spine, but is otherwise in lovely condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages are a touch age-toned, but otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.
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Keywords: War Factory Mass Observation Second World War Industry Mass Observation None