Morale and Mass Observation: Governing the Affective Atmosphere on the Home-Front

This paper focuses on Mass Observation (MO)’s morale work, commissioned by the British Government over the period 1939–41. It examines the ways in which MO’s earlier collecting practices were recomposed through its research into civilian morale, and linked up with national centres of calculation, in...

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Main Authors: Ben Dibley, Michelle Kelly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Leicester 2015-01-01
Series:Museum & Society
Online Access:https://journals.le.ac.uk/ojs1/index.php/mas/article/view/315