Identities and social change in Britain since 1940 : the politics of method /
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 lit...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2010
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 282 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191582936 019158293X 9780199587667 0199587663 9780191740626 0191740624 0199587655 9780199587650 9786612759680 6612759682 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
