In-Depth Essays

 

As well as interesting stories from the Archive that help shine new light on our lives today, the Archive is a treasure-trove of material for the researcher seeking more detailed insights. The following in-depth essays and extracts from the AMSR range of publications demonstrate this and we hope will inspire users to delve deeper! 

We’ve clustered the essays into broad subject categories. Use this menu to navigate to the essays that interest you, then click in a box to open the essay.
 

Advertising and Media

 

The effectiveness of magazine advertising in print and digital formats
Amanda Claesens

Have attitudes to anti-aging skincare improved, or are we still sceptical?
Clare Woodward

Whoever controls the media controls the mind

Sheila Byfield

Social History

 

Women and work in the 1970s

Louise Mclaren

Have attitudes to anti-aging skincare improved, or are we still sceptical?
Clare Woodward

The Great Inflation: government policy in the 1970s and the impact on women
Phyllis Macfarlane

Typical Characteristics of a Teenage Girl in the 1970s And Her Importance as a Market
Lorna Lawrence

Government Policy

 

Labour Governments and managing foreign affairs in the 1960s: what do the polls say?
Ben Clements

Surveying public opinion in Britain towards immigration in the 1960s
Ben Clements

Surveying public opinion in Britain on defence spending

Ben Clements

 

Surveying public opinion towards Britain’s nuclear weapons
Ben Clements

Surveying Britain’s relations with the EU and the USA

Ben Clements

Thatcher – early years (1979–1982): Early economic reform indicates Prime Ministerial power
AMSR

Thatcher and the falklands War (1982): How a Prime Minister gains exceptional authority
AMSR

Thatcher – Falklands aftermath (1983–84): Prime-Ministerial power in consolidation and constraint
AMSR

Tony Blair and the Kosovo War: Prime Ministerial power in real time
AMSR

Politics and Elections

 

The effectiveness of magazine advertising in print
and digital formats

Amanda Claesens

Women and work
in the 1970s

Louise Mclaren

Have attitudes to anti-aging skincare
improved, or are we still sceptical?

Clare Woodward

Labour Governments and managing foreign
affairs in the 1960s: what do the polls say?

Ben Clements

Typical Characteristics of a Teenage Girl in the
1970s And Her Importance as a 
Market

Lorna Lawrence

Young people and the vote in Britain: using the
AMSR to improve demographic understanding

Alex Tan

A review of content relating to political parties
(outside the two-party system)

Lorna Lawrence

Surveying public opinion in Britain
towards immigration in the 1960s

Ben Clements

Whoever controls the media
controls the mind

Sheila Byfield

30 insights from 30 years
in qualitative research

Lucy Banister, The Nursery

Surveying public opinion in Britain
on defence spending

Ben Clements

The Great Inflation: government policy in
the 1970s and the impact on women

Phyllis Macfarlane

Surveying Britain’s relations
with the EU and the USA

Ben Clements

 Do the media reflect society or create it? The impact
of change on public behaviour and opinion

Sheila Byfield

Surveying public opinion towards
Britain’s nuclear weapons

Ben Clements

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Click to go straight to our fully digitised and searchable online Archive

POST WAR DEVELOPMENTS IN
MARKET RESEARCH

Chapter summaries and links (new window)

HOW WE’VE CHANGED: SOCIAL TRENDS FROM POST-WAR TO PRESENT DAY AND BEYOND
Chapter summaries and links (new window)

The effectiveness of magazine advertising in print
and digital formats

Amanda Claesens

Women and work
in the 1970s

Louise Mclaren

Have attitudes to anti-aging skincare
improved, or are we still sceptical?

Clare Woodward

Labour Governments and managing foreign
affairs in the 1960s: what do the polls say?

Ben Clements

Typical Characteristics of a Teenage Girl in the
1970s And Her Importance as a 
Market

Lorna Lawrence

Young people and the vote in Britain: using the
AMSR to improve demographic understanding

Alex Tan

A review of content relating to political parties
(outside the two-party system)

Lorna Lawrence

Surveying public opinion in Britain
towards immigration in the 1960s

Ben Clements

Whoever controls the media
controls the mind

Sheila Byfield

30 insights from 30 years
in qualitative research

Lucy Banister, The Nursery

Surveying public opinion in Britain
on defence spending

Ben Clements

The Great Inflation: government policy in
the 1970s and the impact on women

Phyllis Macfarlane

Surveying Britain’s relations
with the EU and the USA

Ben Clements

 Do the media reflect society or create it? The impact
of change on public behaviour and opinion

Sheila Byfield

Surveying public opinion towards
Britain’s nuclear weapons

Ben Clements

ACCESS THE ARCHIVE

Click to go straight to our fully digitised and searchable online Archive

POST WAR DEVELOPMENTS IN
MARKET RESEARCH

Chapter summaries and links (new window)

HOW WE’VE CHANGED: SOCIAL TRENDS FROM POST-WAR TO PRESENT DAY AND BEYOND
Chapter summaries and links (new window)