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Newton Darrell M. |
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Paving the empire road : BBC television and black Britons / / Darrell M. Newton |
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Manchester ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2011 |
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Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , [2013] |
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©2011 |
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1-84779-767-9 |
1-5261-4361-5 |
1-78170-284-5 |
1-84779-460-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain |
Television and politics - Great Britain - History |
West Indians - Great Britain - Public opinion - History - 20th century |
Film and Media |
Media Studies |
PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism |
Media studies |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Race relations History 20th century |
Great Britain Colonies Emigration and immigration History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252 - 259) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Radio, race, and the Television Service; 2. Television programming and social impact; 3. Voices of contention and BBC programming; 4. A Black eye; 5. Contemporary voices from within; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Beginning in the 1930's and moving into the post millennium, Newton provides a historical analysis of policies invoked, and practices |
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undertaken as the Service attempted to assist white Britons in understanding the impact of African-Caribbeans, and their assimilation into constructs of Britishness. Management soon approved talks and scientific studies as a means of examining racial tensions, as ITV challenged the discourses of British broadcasting. Soon, BBC2 began broadcasting; and more issues of race appeared on the screens, each reflecting sometimes comedic, somewhat dystopic, often problema |
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