The age of Asa : Lord Briggs, public life and history in Britain since 1945 /: Lord Briggs, public life and history in Britain since 1945. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Lord Briggs, public life and history in Britain since 1945
• Further Information: Note: Miles Taylor, University of York, UK.
• Authors: Taylor, Miles
• Editors: Taylor, Miles
• Contents: Introduction: Asa Briggs and public life in Britain since 1945 / Miles Taylor -- Part I. History -- The interconnectedness of things: Asa Briggs and social history / Rohan McWilliam -- A little bit of a Victorian? Asa Briggs and Victorian studies / Martin Hewitt -- Victorian capitalists and middle-class formation: reflections on Asa Briggs' Birmingham / Francesca Carnevali and Jennifer Aston -- Asa Briggs and the remaking of Australian historiography / Frank Bongiorno -- Asa Briggs and the emergence of labour history in post-war Britain / John McIlroy -- Part II. Broadcasting -- From the Daily Mail to the BBC: communications in Britain, c. 1896-1922 / James Thompson -- Broadcasting carries on: Asa Briggs and the history of the wartime BBC / Sian Nicholas -- Asa and the epochs: the BBC, the historian, the institution and the Archive / Jean Seaton -- Part III. Universities -- Back to Yorkshire: "Asia" Briggs at Leeds, 1955-1961 / Malcolm Chase -- Asa Briggs and the University of Sussex, 1961-1976 / Matthew Cragoe -- Asa Briggs and the opening up of the open university / Daniel Weinbren -- From Worcester to Longmans: devising the history of the book / James Raven.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 941.0072/02; History; Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography; Historiography -- Great Britain; Historians; Historiography; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Nobility; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical; HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain; History -- Historiography; History -- Social History; History -- Modern -- General; History -- World; Historiography; Social & cultural history; History: earliest times to present day; General & world history; Historiography; Social history; History, Modern; World history; History -- Europe -- Great Britain; British & Irish history; Great Britain; Biography; Conference papers and proceedings; Electronic books; Congresses; Influence -- Congresses
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137392596; 1137392592
• Related ISBNs: 9781137392572; 1137392576
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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