Nine wartime lives : Mass-Observation and the making of the modern self

Nine wartime lives : Mass-Observation and the making of the modern self / James Hinton.

Author/creator	Hinton, James
Other author/creator	Mass-Observation (Firm)
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description	vi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects --Great Britain. World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects. World War, 1939-1945--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Women --Great Britain --Biography. Autonomy (Psychology)

Portion of title	Mass-Observation and the making of the modern self
Contents	Nella Last : nation before husband -- Gertrude Glover : moral guardian -- Mary Clayton : bombed out and keeping going -- Eleanor Humphries : serving genius -- Lillian Rogers : Birmingham flaneuse -- Ernest van Someren : the good life -- Denis Argent : between the acts -- The Waltons : a democratic marriage.
Summary	In this work, 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 20th-century making of the modern self.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2009034124
ISBN	9780199574667 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN	0199574669 (hardback : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	D744.7.G7 H56 2010	✔ Available	Place Hold