Histories of everyday life : the making of popular social history in Britain, 1918-1979 /
Laura Carter.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).
- The past and present book series Oxford scholarship online .
- Past and present book series. Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Histories of Everyday Life' is a study of the production and consumption of popular social history in mid-twentieth century Britain. It explores how non-academic historians, many of them women, developed a new breed of social history after the First World War, identified as the 'history of everyday life'. The 'history of everyday life' was a pedagogical construct based on the perceived educational needs of the new, mass democracy that emerged after 1918. It was popularized to ordinary people in educational settings, through books, in classrooms and museums, and on BBC radio.
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Educational sociology--History--Great Britain--20th century. Social history--Historiography. Popular culture--Study and teaching--History--Great Britain--20th century. History in popular culture--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Great Britain--History--Historiography.--20th century