The Gallimaufry - Observing the Masses: How the everyday person made history

Observing the Masses: How the everyday person made history

12/22/23 • 64 min

Back in the 1930's three upper class blokes got together to start the first big social history project in Britain. The fruit of their work was Mass Observation, a project that gathered the real thoughts and opinions of ordinary working people on everything from the public to the very private... Hear the exciting story.

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