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02229aam a2200325 a 4500 001 E4C88C9001CF11E0AA5B8BEC6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20101207010146 008 100202s2010 enkb b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010534376 020 $a 1847921426 (hbk.) 020 $a 9781847921420 (hbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)506252082 040 $a UKM $c UKM $d SILO $d BWK $d CDX $d YDXCP $d DLC $d SGB $d SILO 050 00 $a D810.P85 $b G755 2010 050 4 $a D810.P85 $b G755 2010 082 04 $a 940.5310941 $2 22 245 0 $a Listening to Britain : $b home intelligence reports on Britain's finest hour, May to September 1940 / $c edited and with introductions and a glossary by Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang. 260 $a London : $b Bodley Head, $c 2010. 300 $a xix, 492 p. : $b map ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a From May to September 1940, during a period that saw some of the most dramatic events of the war the Ministry of Information compiled daily reports on the morale of the nation for circulation within Whitehall. Drawing on a wide range of informants, from the Mass-Observation social survey organisation to a network of contacts including chief constables, postal censors, doctors, parsons, publicans and trade unionists, the reports pieced together from these sources at great speed were by their very nature impressionistic, but provide us nevertheless with a unique record of contemporary feelings and perceptions at this historic juncture. They include a wealth of curious and idiosyncratic information about the lighter and the darker aspects of life in Britain at the time, illuminating the prevalence of rumours and gossip about the threat of invasion--as well as the importance of the introduction of tea rationing for daily life. --from publisher description. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Social aspects $z Great Britain. 700 1 $a Addison, Paul, $d 1943- 700 1 $a Crang, Jeremy A. $4 edt. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825065129.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20101207010805.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E4C88C9001CF11E0AA5B8BEC6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search