Asa Briggs was een Brits historicus, geroemd om zijn inzichtelijke studies van het Victoriaanse tijdperk. Zijn baanbrekende trilogie, die de mensen, steden en materiële cultuur van die periode onderzocht, heeft de historische kijk op de negentiende eeuw diepgaand gevormd. Het werk van Briggs biedt een diepgaand begrip van deze cruciale historische periode.
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 Victorian material culture completing a trilogy with the author's two earlier studies, "Victorian Cities" and "Victorian People". The author examines the objects and the way in which they express and reflect the preoccupations of Victorian society.
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.
Written by two leading social and cultural historians, A Social History of the Media provides a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural contexts within which they emerged and evolved over time. The authors retrace the complex and multiple paths of development, exploring the interrelations between communication media and other aspects of social life. The scope of this book is far-reaching, exploring the history of the different means of communication in the West from the invention of printing to the Internet. It deals with each constituent element in what came to be called 'the media' and discusses, among other things, the continuing importance of oral and manuscript communication, the rise of print, the relationship between physical transportation and social communication, and the development of electronic media. The book concludes with an account of the convergences associated with digital communication technology, the rise of the internet and the phenomenon of globalization. Avoiding technological determinism and rejecting assumptions of straightforward evolutionary progress, this book brings out the rich and varied histories of communication media. It will be an ideal text for students in history, media and cultural studies and journalism, but it will also appeal to a wide general readership.
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.
The book explores the notion that England's history is often oversimplified as a single narrative, neglecting the complex interplay of political and party histories. It emphasizes the importance of understanding social conditions, literature, and the arts as integral components of England's historical narrative, suggesting a more nuanced approach to studying the country's past.
