King, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-704X (2026) Happy Families and the Rise of Social Science Research in the British Popular Press in the 1930s. In: Greenhalgh, C., Corbould, C. and Anderson, W., (eds.) The Social Survey in Global Perspective, 1900-2020s. Berghahn Books, New York/Oxford, pp. 173-186. ISBN: 978-1-83695-403-3.
Abstract
This chapter explores the way three newspapers in interwar Britain embraced social scientific thinking in their reporting, even conducting their own surveys by the end of the 1930s. Through research into the Daily Express, the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror, it argues that the press took a central role in normalising social science as a practice and as a tool for furthering a normative version of family, marriage and gender roles.
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| Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2026 Charlotte Greenhalgh, Clare Corbould, and Warwick Anderson. This chapter appears in a larger collection published by Berghahn Books (https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/GreenhalghSocial). King, Laura. 2026. “Happy Families and the Rise of Social Science Research in the British Popular Press in the 1930s.” In The Social Survey in Global Perspective, 1900-2020s, eds. Charlotte Greenhalgh, Clare Corbould, and Warwick Anderson. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books. |
| Keywords: | Newspapers, families, marriage, gender, Britain |
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| Institution: | The University of Leeds |
| Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of History (Leeds) |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Nov 2024 10:17 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2026 10:46 |
| Published Version: | https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/GreenhalghSoci... |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Identification Number: | 10.3167/9781836954033 |
| Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219936 |
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