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Entertaining the Nation

A Social History of British Television

Author: Jack Williams   Series: Sutton

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Jack Williams provides a thought-provoking examination of television's role in British popular culture.

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Jack Williams provides a thought-provoking examination of television's role in British popular culture.

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Has Britain become a less literate culture since 1945? How far has television changed the nation's leisure hours? How has the presentation of sex and violence on "the box" reflected social change? These are just some of the issues discussed in this book.

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About the Author

Jack Williams is Senior Lecturer in History at Liverpool's John Moores University. His main research area is the social and cultural history of sport and he has co-edited a book entitled Sport and Identity in the North of England. He has also written numerous articles for journals and contributed to several edited volumes including Social Conditions, Status and Community (Sutton 1997)

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Has Britain become a less literate culture since 1945? How far has television changed the nation's leisure hours? How has the presentation of sex and violence on "the box" reflected social change? These are just some of the issues discussed in this book.

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Publisher
The History Press Ltd | Sutton Publishing Ltd
Published
27th April 2004
Pages
224
ISBN
9780750921817

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