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Record Number: 11937


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[I read] 'Oh, anything political - I'm mad about politics -you know, India today and all that sort of thing and all those red books that aren't allowed, I get all those... one of the best books I've read is 'What Next Germany' or some such title - I can't remember. It was wonderfully interesting.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1942 and 30 Mar 1942

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

H. Rathbone

Title:

What Next in Germany

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

published by the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1932

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

11937

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

File Report 1332, July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 163, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk ,

Citation:

File Report 1332, July 1942, BOOKS AND THE PUBLIC, p. 163, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=11937, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

It is possible that the book referred to is alternatively L.S.Amery's "Germany, What Next?" (Penguin, 1905; reissued 1939).

   
   
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