{"product_id":"2026770000688-secondhand-speak-for-yourself-a-mass-observation-anthology-1937-49","title":"Speak For Yourself: A Mass-Observation Anthology, 1937–49","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of social history and documentary literature, Speak for Yourself: A Mass-Observation Anthology, 1937–49 presents a vivid, unfiltered portrait of everyday British life drawn from the remarkable Mass-Observation project, which recruited ordinary citizens to record their thoughts, habits, and experiences in diaries and reports. Compiled with scholarly care, the anthology chronicles the texture of daily existence across one of the most turbulent periods in modern history, from the anxious years before the Second World War through the austerity and quiet transformation of the late 1940s. The voices gathered here — factory workers, housewives, clerks, and soldiers — speak with an immediacy and candor that no official record could replicate, capturing attitudes toward rationing, romance, religion, class, and the war itself. The tone is at once intimate and panoramic, illustrating how the mundane and the momentous intertwined in the lives of those who lived through it. An indispensable resource for historians and general readers alike, this collection stands as a testament to the power of ordinary testimony in shaping our understanding of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826083213531,"sku":"2026770000688-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/11335353-8263-4aa7-aa5a-4252550234ca.png?v=1780312296","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026770000688-secondhand-speak-for-yourself-a-mass-observation-anthology-1937-49","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}