James Nott

Biography

James Nott done his B.A., MSt, DPhil (Oxon) and he is a lecturer in the department of history from the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom.

Research Interest

Twentieth Century British Social and Cultural History; Popular Culture and Leisure (esp. music, dance halls); history of Mass Media (cinema, radio, gramophone); the British Film Industry; the BBC; Class and Culture; Interwar Britain; Second World War Home Front. Research to date has focused on several neglected areas of culture in early twentieth century Britain, notably, popular music and dance halls. These vital aspects of popular culture have been examined in relation to the development of an increasingly affluent and consumer oriented population; as part of a new wave of businesses adopting modern marketing and advertising techniques; and as part of an increasingly cosmopolitan ‘mass culture’, influenced by Americanisation, mechanisation and commercialisation. Current research includes: reactions to jazz and dancing in 1920s Britain; women and dance halls; and a social and cultural history of dance halls in Britain in the Twentieth Century.