Asa Briggs Bücher

This is the first of a five-volume history of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom. The Birth of Broadcasting covers early amateur experiments in wireless telephony in America and in England, the pioneer days at Writtle in Essex and elsewhere, and the coming of organized broadcasting and its rapid growth during the first four years of the BBC's existence as a private Company before it became a public Corporation in January 1927. Briggs also considers the impact of wireless on society, and he has much to say about personalities and programmes as well as Corporation policies.

A survey of world events through the decade of the 1930s, looking at the effects of the 1929 Wall Street crash, the development of dictatorship in the Soviet Union, the rise of Fascism, and more.

An exploration of world events during the decade of the 1920s, looking at underlying economic trends, social changes and advances in popular culture, in the period of post-war reconstruction.

A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart cover.

Gathers Victorian photographs and explains what they reveal about the period's attitudes

A study of the people, ideas and events between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Second Reform Act of 1867.

In this study, Asa Briggs explores the changing English way of life from the Roman conquest to the present day. He traces the cultural, political and economic factors that have influenced England's social history throughout the centuries.

"No Victorianist, however well read, could fail to learn something from this book. It is a veritable plum pudding, bursting with interesting information and experience."—Christopher A. Kent, Victorian Periodicals Review

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. This fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the latest developments in the field. Additionally, an expanded introduction explores the wide range of secondary literature and theory that inform the study of media history today, and a new eighth chapter surveys the revolutionary media developments of the twenty-first century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the penetration of these technologies into every sphere of social and private life. Avoiding technological determinism and rejecting assumptions of straightforward evolutionary progress, this book brings out the rich and varied histories of communication media. In an age of fast-paced media developments, a thorough understanding of media history is more important than ever, and this text will continue to be the first choice for students and scholars across the world.

This step--by--step guide to the export life cycle, from order to payment, examines the financial risks and problems exporters face.

The dramatic changes brought about by industrialization in Europe and America are documented in paintings, engravings, and early photographs

This revised and updated volume covers fundamental issues related to a period of change in British history - industrialization, war, constitutional change, political development, and society and culture.

Presents an overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. This book describes media developments of the early 21st Century, including in particular the rise of social and participatory media and the globalization of media.

In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provincial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 there were twenty-three. Over the same period London’s population more than doubled. In this companion volume to Victorian People and Victorian Things, Lord Briggs focuses on the cities of Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne (an example of a Victorian community overseas) and London, comparing and contrasting their social, political and topographical development. Full of illuminating detail, Victorian Cities presents a unique social, political and economic bird's-eye view of the past.

This encyclopedia is written and endorsed by the key authorities in every branch of knowledge today. Over 120 leading experts have researched and prepared the information it contains. Every single entry has been checked and approved by the eminent Editorial Board which supervised its compilation and production from start to finish.The result is, effectively, a one-volume library, a powerhouse of information of the highest quality and reliability, all of it reflecting the latest and most up-to-date state of its many fields. In over one and a half million words, our world–past, present and probable future ‒ is encompassed for this and future generations.The illustrations ‒ selected by the contributing subject specialists ‒ are themselves a unique reference resource. Over 500 photographs, 250 diagrams and technical illustrations, and dozens of quick-reference tables are included. Virtually every country in the world is individually represented on over 150 maps ‒ this in addition to the full-colour atlas section that provides and overall view of the world.Never before has so much scholarship been presented in such an accessible form. The Longman Encyclopedia represents the definitive new authority in reference.

As we approach the new millennium, we find ourselves reassessing the past and looking forward to a new future. Has the prospect of a new century always provided a 'sense of an ending'? In this timely and stimulating book, experts on each century since the fourteenth explore the characteristics of history's final decades and find that a consciousness of time has indeed influenced the way people perceive their place in the past.The writers - Paul Strohm on the 1390s (when signs of a new time consciousness first emerged), Malcolm Vale on the 1490s, Ian Archer on the 1590s, Peter Earle on the 1690s, Roy Porter on the 1790s and Asa Briggs on the 1890s and 1990s - discuss what is common and what is distinctive to each period. Investigating cultural and intellectual attitudes, economic and technological developments, and artistic, scientific and political change, they capture the atmosphere of each end of century. As well as the great watersheds of history, the authors explore the daily lives of ordinary citizens, recounting personal histories and subtle shifts in diet, fashion and design, sex and gender roles, relations between rich and poor and the emergence of language. Illustrations from both high and popular art provide arresting images of the cultural and social fabric of each community.

Book by Ramel, Stig, O'Brien, Conor Cruise, Le Roy Ladurie,Emmanuel